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NVIDIA has named six winners of its NVIDIAGTC Berlin Golden Ticket Contest, giving Lucas Hudson, James Kane and four other open-model builders a place at the company’s Berlin event next month.
Why it mattersNVIDIAAI announced the result on X on 21 September, saying the winners were selected by a judging panel that included Asier Arranz, Chorouk Malmoum, Steve Nouri, Merve Noyan, Johnny Núñez and Google Cloud. The announcement does not describe the winning projects in the supplied evidence. The useful signal is modest but clear: NVIDIA is using GTC Berlin to put open-model builders on the stage, not merely to parade its own silicon. The project details, prize terms and what the winners will actually present remain to be explained. Until then, this is a contest result, not a breakthrough wrapped in a golden ticket.
Discuss: Should hardware companies use developer contests to shape the open-model ecosystem, or does that risk turning independent builders into unpaid marketing talent?
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