# NVIDIA x German federal government (physical AI declaration of intent): partnership

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Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space signed a joint declaration of intent with NVIDIA at the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin to work on an initiative for advanced physical AI models for industry. It formalizes NVIDIA's work with the Plattform Industrie 4.0. No budget, model names or timelines were published.

- **Type:** development
- **Status:** announced
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (3)

- [NVIDIA](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/nvidia.md) technology provider
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy _(off-registry)_ co developer
- German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space _(off-registry)_ co developer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2026-10-19

## Sources (3)

1. https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/germany-wants-to-lead-the-world-in-industrial-ai-how-nvidia-will-help/ · 2026-10-19
2. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/bund-nvidia-zusammenarbeit-ki-100.html · 2026-10-19
3. https://www.aiaffairs.com/government/germany-nvidia-industrial-ai-joint-declaration-berlin/ · 2026-10-19


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