CES 2026: Unveiling Nvidia Debuts, AMD Chips, and Razer's AI Innovations

CES 2026 is underway in Las Vegas, with the main exhibition now open to attendees following a series of major press events from companies like Nvidia, Sony, and AMD.

For the third consecutive year, artificial intelligence is a central theme in many corporate announcements, though the hardware innovations and unique gadgets that define CES still claim their spotlight. We're compiling the most significant reveals here, but you can also follow our team's on-the-ground coverage and instant commentary via our live blog.

Let's get started with the key announcements from Monday's major presenters.

Nvidia unveils AI model for self-driving cars and details Rubin architecture

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered a comprehensive keynote, celebrating the company's AI achievements, outlining its 2026 roadmap, and, of course, featuring some robotic guests.

The new Rubin computing platform, designed to meet the escalating computational needs of AI, is slated to succeed the Blackwell architecture later this year. It offers enhanced speed and storage. For a deeper technical analysis of Rubin's advancements, read our Senior AI Editor Russell Brandom's report.

Nvidia also advanced its goal of bringing AI into the physical world, demonstrating its open-source Alpamayo AI models and tools for autonomous vehicles. As Senior Reporter Rebecca Bellan observes, this strategy parallels Nvidia's broader initiative to establish a universal platform for robotics.

AMD spotlights new processors and collaborations in keynote

AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su delivered the inaugural CES keynote, joined by partners including OpenAI's Greg Brockman, AI pioneer Fei-Fei Lei, and Luma AI CEO Amit Jain.

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Join the Disrupt 2026 Waitlist

Secure your spot on the Disrupt 2026 waitlist for priority access to Early Bird tickets. Previous events have featured leaders from Google Cloud, Netflix, Microsoft, Box, Phia, a16z, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Hugging Face, Elad Gil, and Vinod Khosla across 250+ speakers and 200+ sessions designed to accelerate your business. You'll also connect with hundreds of pioneering startups from every industry.

Beyond the partner presentations, Senior Reporter Rebecca Szkutak examined AMD's strategy to proliferate AI through personal computers using its new Ryzen AI 400 Series processors.

Boston Dynamics and Google announce partnership for Atlas robots

Hyundai's press event emphasized its robotics work with Boston Dynamics, revealing a new collaboration with Google's AI research division instead of rivals to train and operate both current Atlas robots and a new model unveiled on stage. Transportation Editor Kirsten Korosec provides the complete story.

Amazon broadens the reach of Alexa and Ring

Amazon is giving its AI-upgraded Alexa+ a major push at CES, launching Alexa.com for Early Access users to interact with the chatbot via web browsers, alongside a refreshed, bot-centric app. Consumer Editor Sarah Perez has the specifics, plus news on Amazon's updated Fire TV and new Artline TVs featuring deeper Alexa+ integration.

Regarding Ring, Consumer Reporter Ivan Mehta details the slew of new features, from fire detection alerts to a third-party camera app store and other updates.

Razer enters the AI arena with Project AVA and Motoko

While Razer has historically showcased ambitious hardware at CES—from triple-screen laptops to haptic gaming seats and a fined smart mask—this year's headline announcements were AI-focused. Project Motoko aims to deliver smart glasses-like functionality without the glasses themselves.

Then there's Project AVA, which introduces an AI companion avatar for your desktop. The concept video is worth a watch.

Lego makes CES debut with interactive Smart Bricks

Lego participated in CES for the first time, offering a private preview of its Smart Play System. This ecosystem features bricks, tiles, and Minifigures that interact, produce sounds, and connect digitally, with the inaugural sets themed around Star Wars. Senior Writer Amanda Silberling has the full report.