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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang & Dell CEO Michael Dell on Agentic AI, Memory Demand and China |...
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· · 24 min · Hosts: Paul Sweeney, Ed Ludlow · Guests: Jensen Huang, Michael Dell
Summary
Michael Dell and Jensen Huang argued that the AI build-out is shifting from experimentation to production, with enterprise demand broadening beyond hyperscalers into factories, hospitals, industrial sites and on-prem systems. Dell said the company has added 1,000 new AI server customers in the quarter and now has about 5,000 total, while Huang said agentic AI is changing computing because intelligence needs to be generated at the point of context, not just in the cloud.
Both executives said the biggest limiter is supply, not demand. They described shortages in memory and advanced-node semiconductors, but said the supply chain is scaling and that the industry is only at the beginning of a decade-long build-out. Dell said customers are seeking 10x to 100x workflow gains, and Huang said the new AI stack combines GPU brains, CPU-based agent runtime, memory, networking and secure software into a local AI factory.
On China, Huang said demand is “incredible,” that H200s are licensed for sale there, and that he expects the market to open further over time. Dell said he hopes for more economic collaboration between the U.S. and China, while both emphasized that Taiwan remains a critical technology hub even as manufacturing capacity expands in the United States.
Key takeaways
- Dell said AI server adoption is moving from testing into production, with 1,000 new AI server customers added in the quarter and about 5,000 total.
- Huang argued that agentic AI pushes intelligence to the point of context, which increases the role of on-prem systems and local AI factories.
- Both executives said memory and advanced-node semiconductors are the main bottlenecks, but demand is still growing faster than supply.
- Dell said enterprise customers are chasing 10x, 20x or even 100x workflow gains, not incremental efficiency.
- Huang said demand in China is “incredible” and expects the market to open more over time, despite current restrictions.
Notable quotes
“it's kind of moved from testing and evaluating into production”
“Intelligence has to be performed, produced at the point of context”
“the demand in China is so incredible, just like it is here”
“memory is a challenge. I think is memory? The advanced node semiconductors are still challenging”
“we're going to have to give every agent essentially a computer and a little bit of storage in the data center to use”
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Bloomberg Audio Studios. Podcasts, radio, news. Gentlemen, good morning. Hello. Uh Michael, in the quarter gone, 1,000 new clients for AI server for AI factory. It's hell of a chunk. What is it that that those new clients, 5,000 total, are actually building now different to one year ago? I think that's probably a good place to start.
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Topics
- agentic ai
- memory demand
- ai supply chain constraints
- china ai demand
- ai growth bottlenecks
Companies and tickers mentioned
- NVDA
- DELL
- Nvidia
- Dell
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