A shared AI foundation built on Nvidia
Pinterest has expanded its partnership with Nvidia to improve AI-powered discovery. The new foundation combines Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, Nvidia Dynamo and Pinterest’s own visual embeddings. According to Pinterest, it gives teams “a shared way to build and launch multimodal AI products without creating custom infrastructure for each one” — more AI features with less infrastructure investment.
The deal extends an existing agreement and sets up a long-term platform relationship for the next generation of visual and conversational experiences. It will power the next stage of Pinterest AI visual search through expanded content understanding and improved safety systems.
The numbers
- Pinterest says it is turning 80 billion-plus monthly searches into high-value signals for AI-powered discovery and shopping.
- Pinterest Assistant can run 25x more visual context per request.
- In benchmarks, using precomputed visual representations instead of repeatedly processing raw images delivered about 85x faster response startup and 7.3x faster overall latency.
The result is more personalized, responsive AI search — and more of Pinterest’s user data put to work on performance.
What brands and advertisers should note
Images are the search signal
Discovery on Pinterest starts with images, not text. The better the system understands images, the more product image quality, consistency and catalog accuracy determine visibility. A range of styled shots, in-use scenes and detail images gives an Assistant that uses more visual context more to match.
Discovery moves closer to purchase
Turning searches into shopping signals connects directly to ad products such as Pinterest’s visual search ads and AI restyle. Faster responses encourage more exploration, and more exploration creates more ad inventory.
Watch the other side of personalization
Using more user data sharpens personalization but also makes it harder for brands to predict what the platform will surface. Break reporting down by category and image type to learn which creative the AI recommends. For the wider ad roadmap, see Pinterest Presents’ ad updates.