<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">We might as well prepare for the future because that's where we will spend the rest of our lives...  Just wait until the new world of hundreds millions of digital avatars meets Open Space Technology.  Check this out from Catherine Wood of Ark Invest:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"> </div><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" border="0" width="90%" height="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background:rgb(242,243,246);width:460px;height:auto;max-width:460px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:20px 0px 0px"><h2 align="left" style="line-height:25px;margin:0px;font-size:21px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;max-width:90%">Nvidia Unveiled Its Full-Stack AI Vision at GTC</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:middle;direction:ltr;padding:0px"><p style="margin:8px 8px 0px 0px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;max-width:50px;border-radius:50%"><img src="https://research.ark-invest.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ARK%20Invest_Illustration_Frank%20Downing_Final_Circle%20400%20px.png?width=88&height=88&upscale=true&name=ARK%20Invest_Illustration_Frank%20Downing_Final_Circle%20400%20px.png" width="44" height="44" alt="ARK Invest_Illustration_Frank Downing_Final_Circle 400 px" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="vertical-align: middle; border: 0px; height: 44px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; border-radius: 50%; display: inline-block; width: 44px; max-width: 44px; max-height: 44px; margin: 0px auto;"></p> <p align="left" style="margin:0px auto 18px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;line-height:21px;color:rgb(127,102,255);max-width:90%;padding-top:10px">By Frank Downing<a href="https://research.ark-invest.com/e3t/Btc/I1+113/c3nSf04/MW5kr4ZHgFkW98mpjv4sCb5yW4WpcsS4BbjYmN5ZDtTy3q3npV1-WJV7CgJq4W6zMMcl2z_9K9N6Ln2XhRwNHgW3gvb7g6GC381W7D0Btr8RQxDxW2frZLl3GG9cKW93Hpxt686mpwW1DG43P4-L14HW2wx7WB26n0c6W8Lh5sR6Sgm4yW5SKjH13hylXfW6GVdll3fs7mVW5-h5R2162mgkW3F05wm2GBtQMN7qYl69MzMYMW6b8VcZ5r5XB3W6JmY_D5PN_6DW1f37dt1Ssz_NVqf9j4669CFSW3LvT1n7RNdq9W5MxpdQ1np3n8W4VMw2H2rnmnDW6KMcSk7LD4zR3ccz1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(130,100,255);text-decoration-line:none"> | @downingARK</a><br><span style="font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(121,130,139)">Analyst</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="gmail-m_6803385235160878571newsletter-wysiwyg" align="left" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;vertical-align:top;direction:ltr;line-height:21px;color:rgb(70,75,79);max-width:90%;padding:0px 0px 0px 25px"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Dominant in its recent <a href="https://research.ark-invest.com/e3t/Btc/I1+113/c3nSf04/MW5kr4ZHgFkW98mpjv4sCb5yW4WpcsS4BbjYmN5ZDtTS3q3nJV1-WJV7CgWH7W6GgFdF5s1jNGW75PJVT3t62PBW5h7TtK3Q15yMV28vG31gDVnlN4QQYC-ly8SXN85mq4TSwp4tW5yLmPF1ljGjJW5NlvrS78ZJ9GW6sh6Vb5JlF_YW7KQ1y65HM2j9Vf8-Tm4qSdSsW5gvZWQ7xkT6bW3g3Tzr5qmw0qW50bftZ56MRb6VWss5k8BD5K0W3KyRLP8hCKFqVLVyvh5ND9KXVZk_L56t75P5W3rcDq76fWrdfW5GhK528jMSJXN8Mn1ZnT0PKmW35zjNq5K87rHW2TmQMT52HT0KW5yzcMX6gz8PN3gZN1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(127,102,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">GTC keynote</a> was Nvidia’s full blown strategy in artificial intelligence (AI). Known for its accelerated computing hardware - primarily GPUs and high-performance networking equipment - Nvidia highlighted advances in its software stack that will leverage its hardware and integrate cutting-edge AI into its products and services.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Nvidia focused most of the keynote on its Omniverse product. Targeting an audience of <a href="https://research.ark-invest.com/e3t/Btc/I1+113/c3nSf04/MW5kr4ZHgFkW98mpjv4sCb5yW4WpcsS4BbjYmN5ZDtSZ5nCT_V3Zsc37CgMFwW6L5vp05V2K4vVL4ycf8KnGRHW5kw5gB89fx3nW31psbg4jzCW-W3L0MP37JqJCGW8vV_rT7tfX71W4T7DwR5jn2HKW6fjWTc4rTr8qVQ5pMx8KNfJVW5b6j4t6ZQ6GfW1Bx7x35Y76dyTJH4X15jzkfW1pPLlb3JDbJxW7s245_4kGSf2VvFDYV1yvSRqW4SLb1g3fxT1GW8vMj2M2YmYCNW5CyVdP42H7XSN86wXPZyd62zN2FjGw2d9gWxW192xvW1XCnJYVGq_KB63w4pZW5g2V3t86Bl4GW5Cw4cj4499llW6vH5Kc6YBrDPW3SZFRD35NgTyW7PxwY24hg8CsW3PLFy13Bfv59W8kG_4G4t41NRW31QHRc8l9DPmW28GstV97XwP6W6_-J__34BlffW37qD1N7h0btPVKRWx17KMtc03c3n1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(127,102,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">40 million 3D designers</a>, Omniverse is a collaboration tool for building virtual worlds. Like Google’s Workspace collaboration suite for editing documents, Omniverse enables designers not only to collaborate on virtual scene designs in real time but also to share virtual assets seamlessly across platforms like Adobe, Autodesk, Unity, and Unreal Engine.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">These virtual worlds can be “digital twins”, replicas of physical spaces, either game-like or photo-realistic. Omniverse also offers designers the ability to simulate while prototyping and optimizing environments ranging from smart factories to 5G deployments. Among the early adopters are BMW and Ericsson.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Perhaps the most provocative announcement at the event was <a href="https://research.ark-invest.com/e3t/Btc/I1+113/c3nSf04/MW5kr4ZHgFkW98mpjv4sCb5yW4WpcsS4BbjYmN5ZDtTy3q3npV1-WJV7CgH0gW550kzp6Tvjx_N57PggGZx09PN4197KxXjpbdMq0y2kqMMsHW8X1Gcx4C26kYW6y3Pw63pDRVWW69hlpY2WRSm3MkJ7WvtZ6sGW1D77G05YBbptW1pS1sy1c_bPtW5vT6S576pW2SW7sG8TN1K_7-RW6YWrCX2llNMdW7d3B7S7tBmnKN3fkLNbs5lSqW6235qL4qXS0pW2xHfpL98Ch-pW83RHcz714cj0W1QQqLb75Jln8W9hqZlY6BQp2MW2WfrB58mcGwvW4xFqh23dMZMm3lSx1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(127,102,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Omniverse Avatars</a>. Avatars’ toolkit includes pre-trained AI models for creating digital agents that enable autonomous conversational AIs for customer service, communications, gaming, and robotics, among other use cases. On its recent <a href="https://research.ark-invest.com/e3t/Btc/I1+113/c3nSf04/MW5kr4ZHgFkW98mpjv4sCb5yW4WpcsS4BbjYmN5ZDtSZ5nCT_V3Zsc37CgTDzW1XzhFS9c6Fn1W4jJ-vh4X3tTQVgSL6-7Qp480W180YFX2k1RxJW7k_sBH6C_ysRVfJMGy2JBKLSW6kbrSW3pMbtqW5Tlxy_7bYyVZW65SwhG11qpRZN3_nXFYFppndW8ZSb9X1_Q0GJN5bmhRx8YlqXW5RGP4z5JfjlvW9162HV54Mv7vW4XZV6m3NZhFNW5lkhv24v0Y-NW6t_M471LqZhyN2GfzwCsYV8RV2jjNj11L09kW7jYVBp742RYyW2TpkL91JsllBW8MfB6-4Z-zHxW5wCR6t8qwqmBMRv3-3vWzRtVd52m74HT82WW6LqqZr5Gz3FtV_2g1j54JNztW4cvV8T8sR5CNW88Sl9H8ThrBrW6KZR986DKdmKW5lvkCX1qrsPTW4Mfs8R73J0g7W7ZN7YR26v4B9W2-kH7Y7FdvH73p7X1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(127,102,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">earnings call</a>, Nvidia announced that these digital robots will cost $1000 per avatar per year in a world potentially with hundreds of millions of digital avatars operating alongside humans. Notably, these avatars will be stimulating sales of Nvidia’s hardware stack as well.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em">Nvidia also disclosed research breakthroughs in scientific computing, the type of computationally intensive modeling and simulation that predicts weather patterns and analyzes protein structures. Relative to existing methods, Nvidia’s <a href="https://research.ark-invest.com/e3t/Btc/I1+113/c3nSf04/MW5kr4ZHgFkW98mpjv4sCb5yW4WpcsS4BbjYmN5ZDtTy3q3npV1-WJV7CgSzsW57VN_S2ClRtmVRJtGR5PVwG9W21h1nJ2vhKNpW49Kss51FBMlyW38qszX5Pgv2HW6fJ57h3fYrK6W1sV9br5xBH6TW7RSQNb8SwMGkW38lT4j75YKf1W3MdpS41l-5lKW7q3Qkg2_qYLsW7ND0fk4MjV6JW1X4s4q4Z5LXkW2FRt5H4BwKKHW2zt0y_8pB58GW1Cp46G13dmDLW4SV4ZP1_k-XkW2YrCTw4vSq64W8qlhWP7sBB5CW2M2trq7Z72DTN8qqBH4v0F8SN4Rthn5vtDbS3gzf1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(127,102,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">speeds up</a> the process 1000x by training neural networks to predict the outcome of complex physics equations. Nvidia believes these advances illustrate the exponential potential of neural networks to accelerate nearly every type of computing workload.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>