Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in Paris on October 13, 2026, that the company expected to announce roughly $2 billion in new European AI investments over the following week. He said the planned deals would add to $8 billion Nvidia had invested across Europe over the previous year.
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The announcement came at the start of a European tour that included London and Berlin. Huang also named four French companies for planned investments; the amounts were not disclosed in the reporting.
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The four French companies
Nvidia described the investments as planned. The public reports identify the companies and their fields, but do not provide a breakdown of how much each is expected to receive.
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- Doctolib is a healthcare technology and medical-appointment platform. Its work includes AI agents for healthcare professionals and a digital health companion for patients. Huang announced Nvidia would take a minority stake, but the stake’s value was not disclosed.
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- Genesis AI develops AI for robotics.
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- Pigment makes financial-planning software for businesses.
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- Entalpic works on AI-driven materials research.
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Doctolib was founded in 2013, according to the report.
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What the announcement says—and what it doesn’t
Huang’s Paris remarks set out a broader European investment push, with the planned $2 billion in deals presented as additional to the previous year’s $8 billion. His Paris–London–Berlin itinerary placed the announcement within a multi-country tour, but the available reporting does not specify which investments, if any, would be announced at each stop.
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The figures describe investment activity, not a disclosed order for Nvidia chips. The reporting supports the view that Nvidia is expanding its presence in Europe’s AI ecosystem; it does not establish a specific amount of future chip sales resulting from these investments.
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Huang also urged Europe to “get in the race,” linking the pitch to building AI capabilities in the region.
6 The announcement itself does not spell out a detailed response to European concerns about AI risks or data-center energy use, so those concerns should not be read as resolved by the investment plan.