DeepSeek is an exciting development and not a threat to compute demand, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview that aired Thursday.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang commented on the popular new ChatGPT rival DeepSeek in an earnings call on Wednesday. What he had to say might surprise you.

The biggest headline was the commentary provided by Jensen Huang during the call with analysts with respect to the release of DeepSeek late last month. While many investors hit the panic button, the chief executive explained that developments of this nature would increase demand for Nvidia's processors, not reduce it.

NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, also known as GTC, is coming up. The event is happening March 17-21 in San Jose, but you can also follow along with all the big developments here at Engadget. We'll have a liveblog for the keynote with CEO Jensen Huang on March 18 at 1PM ET (or 10AM PT),

NVIDIA’s founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, will deliver the opening keynote at COMPUTEX 2025. He’ll be sharing the latest advancements in AI and accelerated computing technologies. The keynote will take place at the Taipei Music Center and be livestreamed at 11 a.