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Dell Technologies World 2026: Day 1 Keynote: Unleash the Future of AI

Michael Dell · May 18, 2026 · 1h 6m · Las Vegas, Nevada

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Summary

Dell's 2026 message was "hybrid AI": bring frontier and open models to enterprise data on premises. The Dell AI Factory added open models (DeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM, Kimi, Gemma, Nemotron, Mistral), Google Distributed Cloud with Gemini, an on-prem solution built on OpenAI's Codex, Palantir Foundry on Dell storage, and faster analytics with Starburst and NVIDIA.

Key themes: AI infrastructure, Open models, Data platforms · AI-written summary from the published transcript

Where each highlight is said1:06:05
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  1. 21:14

    New open models on the Dell AI Factory include MiniMax M2.7, DeepSeek V4, GLM 5.1 and Kimi K2.6, joining Gemma 4

  2. 22:04

    Google and Dell bring Google Distributed Cloud with the new Gemini models on premises

  3. 22:32

    OpenAI and Dell are building an on-prem solution based on OpenAI's Codex agentic harness

  4. 23:20

    Palantir Foundry and its Ontology come on premises on Dell ObjectScale and PowerFlex

  5. 24:37

    Dell framed "hybrid AI" as a competitive advantage: powerful AI that is open, secure and yours

  6. 40:16

    Starburst and NVIDIA speed up Dell's analytics engine, with Vera CPUs for three times faster SQL

Announced

1 available the same day
GAOpen models on the Dell AI FactoryDeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM, Kimi, Gemma, Nemotron, Mistral
AnnouncedGoogle Distributed Cloud with Gemini on DellGemini models on premises
AnnouncedOpenAI Codex on DellOn-prem agentic coding solution
AnnouncedPalantir Foundry on Dell storageOntology on ObjectScale and PowerFlex
AnnouncedStarburst analytics with NVIDIAVera CPUs and Blackwell GPUs for SQL

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Companies named: Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, Palantir, ServiceNow, Starburst, Dell

Last changed 2026-09-24.