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The creative suite gets an AI makeover
Adobe is reportedly rebuilding two of its crown-jewel apps, Photoshop and Premiere, so they can run on Nvidia’s new AI superchip. Translation: the same company that powers a lot of the AI arms race is trying to muscle its way into the tools people use to edit your vacation reel and fix your photos before posting them.
Why Nvidia should care
This is more than a nerdy software compatibility update. If Adobe leans into Nvidia’s silicon, it gives Nvidia another showcase for its hardware outside the usual chatbot-and-data-center parade. That matters because Nvidia’s growth story gets stronger every time a recognizable, everyday app says, “Yep, we need that chip.”
Why Adobe is playing along
For Adobe, the pitch is simple: faster, smarter creative tools with more AI horsepower under the hood. If the software feels snappier and the new AI features are actually useful instead of gimmicky, users may shrug, smile, and keep paying the subscription bill — which is basically the best-case scenario in SaaS land.
Big picture
Nvidia keeps trying to turn AI from a buzzword into plumbing. And the more major software names that build around its hardware, the less this story looks like a short-lived hype cycle and the more it looks like the operating system for the next wave of apps.