Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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At Davos 2026, SandboxAQ Advisor Kelly Richdale speaks with Calista Redmond, VP of Global AI Initiatives at NVIDIA, about sovereign AI strategies and how nations are building AI capacity for the future.

Calista shares how NVIDIA partners with governments to design and implement national AI strategies from workforce development and AI literacy to research acceleration and industry specialization.

In this conversation, they explore:
-What “sovereign AI” really means for nations
-The key challenges countries face in building AI strategies
-Workforce development from K–12 to postdoctoral research
-How AI literacy goes beyond STEM to enable doctors, nurses, and lawyers
-Gender diversity in AI and the next generation of leaders
-How AI accelerates science, materials discovery, and drug development

As global competition intensifies, sovereign AI is becoming central to economic growth, national security, and technological independence.

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