CES 2026: Nvidia’s Rubin, AMD’s Ryzen AI and a surge of robotics on the Las Vegas show floor

CES 2026 wound down in Las Vegas after a week of product and research updates from major vendors and startups alike. Tech companies including Nvidia, AMD, Razer and others used Unveiled and the main show floor to highlight AI work, with physical AI and robotics particularly prominent.

Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang showcased the Rubin computing architecture, which TechCrunch reported is set to begin replacing the company’s Blackwell architecture in the second half of this year and brings speed and storage upgrades. Nvidia also demonstrated its Alpamayo family of open-source models and tools intended for autonomous vehicles, an effort TechCrunch said mirrors the company’s push to make its infrastructure a platform for generalist robots.

AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su delivered the first keynote with partners including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Fei-Fei Li and Luma AI CEO Amit Jain, and highlighted the Ryzen AI 400 Series processors as a way to expand AI on personal computers. Automotive and construction announcements included Ford’s assistant, which will launch in the company’s app before a targeted 2027 vehicle release and will be hosted on Google Cloud using off-the-shelf LLMs, though TechCrunch noted few details were offered about driver experience; Caterpillar and Nvidia demonstrated a pilot “Cat AI Assistant” for an excavator and discussed using Nvidia’s Omniverse for construction planning.

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Tech, Nvidia, Rubin Architecture, Alpamayo Models, Ryzen Ai, Robotics