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Japan to Buy Nvidia Rubin Chips to Build Sovereign AI for Robots

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 16 July 2026, 07:40 UTC By Min Jeong Lee 1 min read
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Japan to Buy Nvidia Rubin Chips to Build Sovereign AI for Robots Sign up for the Next Japan newsletter, for an inside view of the forces reshaping Japan, and what’s next for its businesses, markets and consumers. Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips from Nvidia Corp. to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots.

Japan to Buy Nvidia Rubin Chips to Build Sovereign AI for Robots Sign up for the Next Japan newsletter, for an inside view of the forces reshaping Japan, and what’s next for its businesses, markets and consumers. Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips from Nvidia Corp. to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots.
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