Code, Compute and Connection: Inside the Inaugural NVIDIA AI Day São Paulo
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*Editor’s note: This post is part of a blog series highlighting* [*NVIDIA AI Days*](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/tag/ai-days/) *across the globe.*
The worldwide tour of **NVIDIA AI Days**—bringing together AI enthusiasts, developers, researchers, and startups—made its latest stop in São Paulo, Brazil.
*Attendees check in at NVIDIA AI Day São Paulo.*
More than 500 attendees joined NVIDIA AI Day São Paulo in January to learn about **sovereign AI**—including breakout sessions on AI agents and open models.
> “NVIDIA solutions are fundamental to all the technologies we develop,” said Paulo Perez, co‑founder and CEO of biotechnology startup **Biofy**. “DNA is composed of a gigantic amount of data, which we call nucleotides. Analyzing this data takes a long time when done using traditional methods with CPUs. In this regard, NVIDIA’s GPUs, algorithms and frameworks accelerate the results we are capable of delivering by hundreds of times.”
Why It Matters
The latest AI trends in Brazil showcase how the technology is driving advancements in Latin America and beyond.
The Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan for 2024‑2028, called “AI for the Good of All,” outlines more than 50 targeted initiatives across public services, R&D, infrastructure, industry, and government.
The Brazilian government plans to invest about US $4 billion through 2028, focusing on:
- Building infrastructure for AI development, dissemination, training, and professional qualification.
- Improving public services.
- Fostering business innovation.
- Enhancing regulatory and governance processes in the sector.
An all‑conference session at NVIDIA AI Day São Paulo.
Leading startups in the region are developing breakthrough applications in financial services, healthcare, retail, agriculture, and manufacturing. Top Brazilian universities are allocating high‑performance computing resources to students and researchers who will fuel the nation’s AI future.
Key Numbers
- 1,000 NVIDIA Inception startups in Brazil
- 40 Brazilian universities engaging with NVIDIA
- 19,000 NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute trainees in Brazil
- 47 million CUDA downloads from Brazil
- 123 000 developers in Brazil using NVIDIA technologies
Event Highlights
The conference featured four NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute technical labs, along with sessions covering:
- Fundamentals of AI‑agent creation
- Large‑language‑model (LLM) labs
- Retrieval‑augmented generation labs focused on accelerated linguistic diversity
All‑Conference Plenary
Hosted by the NVIDIA Inception program for startups, the plenary session included Howard Wright, Vice President of Startups Ecosystem at NVIDIA. He discussed how sovereign AI empowers Brazil to unlock national potential, fostering economic growth, technological autonomy, and leadership in the regional AI landscape.
Panel: “Sovereign AI in Action – Learnings and Partnerships Driving Local Innovation”
This panel explored how startups, academia, and AI hubs across Latin America are:
- Crafting partnerships
- Nurturing specialized talent
- Bolstering AI innovation
Key technologies highlighted included NVIDIA NeMo software and NVIDIA NIM microservices.
Figure: Sovereign AI panel at NVIDIA AI Day São Paulo
Industry in Motion
Brazil‑based NVIDIA partners are helping fuel the AI industrial revolution.
At the event
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Amadeus AI showcased advanced techniques for efficiently fine‑tuning large language models (LLMs) for specific domains and languages, including reinforcement learning with human feedback. The company emphasized cost‑effective fine‑tuning pipelines that leverage GPUs and open‑source tools to balance performance and scalability.
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Langflow shared architecture patterns, best practices for evaluation and governance, and methods of combining Langflow with NVIDIA technologies to build robust, cost‑efficient agents aligned with business goals.
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WideLabs presented how Latin American governments and enterprises are building sovereign AI platforms—from national dataset initiatives to applications with stringent safety and governance requirements—using the NVIDIA AI stack. The company also introduced its new AI synthetic‑data pipeline, Nemotron Personas Brazil.
“At NVIDIA AI Days, we were able to gain a much more thorough understanding of the NVIDIA NeMo framework,” said Rodrigo Malossi, co‑founder and chief technology officer of WideLabs. “The event also allowed us to better understand NVIDIA’s new initiatives and what they are proposing with respect to large‑scale, national‑level sovereign AI efforts.”
Figure: NVIDIA Inception session at AI Day São Paulo.
What’s Next
The NVIDIA developer ecosystem in the region will continue driving innovation in support of the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan, with a focus on LLM development, healthcare, and financial services.
In addition, NVIDIA is partnering with Brazil‑founded telecommunications provider Claro—the first NVIDIA Cloud Partner in Latin America—to accelerate sovereign AI in the region.
Learn more about NVIDIA AI Days.