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The world's first country to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender, El Salvador, is collaborating with chip manufacturing giant Nvidia to implement artificial intelligence (AI) to drive national development.
On April 21, the El Salvador Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) announced on the X platform that the country has signed a letter of intent with Nvidia to collaborate on "sovereign AI" aimed at promoting innovation and economic growth.
As part of the collaboration, El Salvador will benefit from Nvidia's AI tools, resources, and expertise to develop sovereign AI capabilities focused on key areas such as culture, language, environment, and economy.
The announcement stated: "El Salvador will focus on building domestic AI infrastructure, enhancing workforce skills, and creating solutions to address local challenges, such as improving healthcare services, advancing education, and increasing economic productivity."
The latest collaboration between El Salvador and Nvidia marks the country's commitment to promoting AI applications to optimize various processes in government and society.
Through this AI promotion program, El Salvador plans to establish AI training programs for developers, researchers, and government officials to "ensure the country has a talent pool to sustain its AI development ambitions."
One example includes creating AI-driven weather and rainfall prediction models, which will help support emergency response, protect residents in landslide-prone areas, and optimize hydropower management.
The partnership with Nvidia is the latest addition to El Salvador's growing list of AI initiatives.
In March 2025, the El Salvador Bitcoin Office announced a public education AI project at the university level called CUBO_ai, describing it as "the only national education project introducing top field experts." The project is supported by Bitcoin bull investor Cathie Wood, who is expected to serve as the project's first lecturer.
Last year, Wood predicted that El Salvador's Bitcoin and AI initiatives could potentially increase the country's GDP tenfold by 2029.
Despite El Salvador's active promotion of AI programs, its Bitcoin ambitions have faced some obstacles.
In early March, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requested that El Salvador limit further Bitcoin purchases as part of a $1.4 billion extended financing arrangement offered to the country. However, the government continues to purchase one Bitcoin daily, raising questions about the impact on its agreement with the IMF.
Related: Only 11% of registered Bitcoin businesses in El Salvador are operational.
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