NVIDIA, the U.S.-based chip leader, and Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group have announced a collaboration to develop an enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) system. The partnership will leverage Nvidia’s high-performance RTX Pro graphics processing units, with plans to scale their joint business operations fivefold.

The tie-up was announced on Jan. 3 by Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing and Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, during a dialogue held ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show and Lenovo’s annual innovation conference.

Both executives highlighted “hybrid AI” as the next major frontier in artificial intelligence. According to Huang, AI is transitioning from generative AI to “agentic AI” — moving beyond merely answering questions to performing tasks as an intelligent agent. Yang and Huang emphasized that achieving this shift will rely on hybrid AI, which blends public large-scale models with private, industry-specific AI models.

They added that such integration demands a robust computing platform, which will form the core of the enterprise AI system being co-developed by Lenovo and Nvidia.

The partnership aims to integrate hybrid AI capabilities across a range of global sectors, including high-performance computing, AI factories, industrial intelligence, and robotics. Yang described these developments as representing “huge growth opportunities” for both companies.

Huang praised the upcoming system as “a revolutionary server” and expressed enthusiasm for its launch and expansion in the enterprise market. Lenovo is expected to reveal technical details of the project at its Global Innovation Technology Conference later today.

Huang also noted that AI adoption is becoming universal across companies and industries, with nations worldwide building AI infrastructure. He stated that Nvidia’s system architecture can boost AI efficiency by 10 to 15 times.

Additionally, Huang pointed to significant potential for the Lenovo-Nvidia collaboration in areas such as industrial automation, logistics, warehousing, and robotics, forecasting substantial application and growth prospects in these fields.

(SD-Agencies)