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NvidiaNvidia designs and sells semiconductor chips that companies like Microsoft and Cisco use to run everything from video games to cloud servers and supercomputers. The company is also known as a leader in the AI revolution.
Founded in 1993 by CEO Jensen Huang and engineers Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem after coming up with the idea in a Denny’s, Nvidia scored $20M in funding from Sequoia Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures before going public in 1999. Today, it’s the world's leading semiconductor company, with a market cap surpassing $2T.
As of May 2024, Nvidia was worth more than Meta, Tesla, and Netflix combined—with value to spare. Virtually every Big Tech company, including Amazon, Meta, and Google, uses Nvidia chips.
Nvidia’s stock surged in recent years as AI hype rose to a fever pitch. But investors could soon demand the companies powering AI models with Nvidia’s chips show a return on investment.Explore Nvidia
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NVIDIA named several computer chip architectures after Grace HopperUnveiled in 2023, the GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, designed for generative AI applications in data center-scale systems, combines a Grace CPU with a Hopper GPU to create a coherent memory model. This allows the Hopper to access Grace data directly, reducing the need to repeatedly copy data back and forth and vastly improving performance. CNETNvidia CEO Jensen Huang once saved Nvidia from bankruptcy with a multi-million dollar Hail MaryNvidia is now known as one of the top companies contributing to the AI boom, but back in the 1990s, it almost failed. One last-ditch effort conversation that CEO Jensen Huang had with an investor saved the company. SpotifyNvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynotes have become a main event at CESWatch Jensen Huang’s 2025 CES keynote, where he unveiled major advances in AI and GPU technology. His presentations now draw global attention, blending product reveals with sweeping visions of the future of computing. NvidiaJensen Huang doesn't think Nvidia was a great company on day one"Nvidia wasn't a great company on day one. We made it great over 31 years," explained businessman Jensen Huang on a recent podcast episode. He covered other principals and lessons he learned while building Nvidia in the epsiode too. Founders PodcastBy 2024, Nvidia had become one of the world’s most valuable companiesNvidia started as a graphics chip designer for PCs and consoles. This explainer traces its rise from early GPU innovation to powering AI breakthroughs and fueling the data centers behind today’s biggest tech platforms. 1440Nvidia founder Jensen Huang would not do it againHuang was asked in 2023 whether he would do it all over again if he was transported back 30 years before. Huang said no, arguing he would not have knowingly put himself through the suffering and difficulties it took to build Nvidia, calling this ignorance to future pain one of his superpowers. Startup ArchiveOver half of Nvidia’s revenue comes from outside the USThis chart breaks down where Nvidia’s revenue comes from—both in terms of which business segments it’s generated by and in which countries. Most of Nvidia’s revenue stems from its computing segment, which includes billions spent by companies building AI. Visual CapitalistNvidia’s RTX graphics chips support ray tracing, which, the company says, can boost performance in games by 25%Ray tracing allows developers to add more realistic-looking lighting and shadows to video games, and Nvidia continues to improve the tech in newer chips. Rendering light realistically in video games requires immense computing power, and ray tracing “cheats” the process with a little guesswork. Digital TrendsNvidia’s attempted Arm acquisition revealed its hopes of becoming the world's leading AI companyThough Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm was ultimately quashed on antitrust concerns, the attempt offered insights into Nvidia’s business strategy. Over time, Nvidia has increasingly focused on using its graphics cards to power machine learning, and its platform CUDA is dominant in the sector. StratecheryNvidia's rapid development of GPUs is forcing computing to depart from something called Moore's lawMoore’s law, named after Intel’s cofounder, predicts that the number of transistors on a chip will double every two years. But Nvidia could be outpacing that prediction. NVIDIACUDA was Nvidia’s first step into artificial intelligenceCUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a parallel computing platform that was developed by Nvidia in the mid-2000s. By letting people perform computations in parallel, rather than sequentially, CUDA allowed people to compute large amounts of data quickly. CUDA has been used to build machine-learning models as well. FireshipNvidia entered its AI era after learning that its chips could be used in industries beyond gamingIts semiconductor chips were used in the automotive industry, for data centers, and by crypto miners. And starting in 2006, Nvidia took steps that would ultimately transform it into the AI company it’s known as today. This podcast is the second part of a three-part series diving deep into Nvidia’s company evolution. AcquiredNvidia controls more than four-fifths of the GPU marketSemiconductor company Nvidia has a commanding market share when it comes to graphics processing units. Its competitors include Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, which together account for less than a fifth of the GPU market. NerdWalletNvidia pioneered the GPU industry via its origins as a video game companyFrom the mid-1990s to early 2000s, Nvidia carved out a niche as a maker of semiconductor chips specially designed for the video game industry. Nvidia broke through the competition to seal deals with TSMC and Microsoft, and popularized the term “graphics processing unit,” aka GPU. AcquiredNvidia was founded in a Denny's restaurantNvidia is one of a handful of companies valued at more than $1T. In its early days, the semiconductor company sold GPUs, or graphics processing units, that were used for video games. But in recent years, Nvidia’s chips have been used for crypto and AI. Nvidia has faced several setbacks on its journey, including when the US sanctioned chip exports to China. The Wall Street JournalNvidia Omniverse can be used to accelerate 3D workflows and explore creative ideasThis video explores different apps available within Nvidia Omniverse that artists can use to create cinematic, virtual worlds. Some of the tools are AI-powered, like a feature that converts spoken audio into a video of a character speaking. YouTubeA video compares two visions for the metaverse: one from Nvidia and one from FacebookThe CEOs of top technology companies Nvidia and Meta recently revealed their visions for the metaverse of the future. As of 2021, both Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg were bullish on virtual world-building, although Huang seemed more focused on the metaverse's business implications than its social ones, which Zuckerberg prioritized. CNETHear what Michael Burry thinks about the possibility of an AI bubbleSince his success shorting subprime mortgage-backed securities in 2008, Burry's positions have often become influential, sparking conversations on platforms like X. In 2025, Burry drew attention for betting against Nvidia and Palantir for being overvalued companies. SpotifyWalmart was the first traditional retailer to crack the $1T clubIn early 2026, the company joined major tech companies Nvidia, Apple, and Meta (among others) as one of the rare firms with a market capitalization beyond $1T. See the latest top companies here. InvestopediaThe major AI industry players are creating a web of circular investmentsBloomberg created a network diagram that shows how companies like Nvidia and OpenAI are fueling the AI money machine. The chart shows that many top AI companies provide significant investments to one another. FlowingDataThere are ETFs that track lawmakers' stock purchasesIf you can’t get enough politics in your life, why not invest like a politician? Because members of Congress are required to disclose their stock purchases, you can do just that, and the NANC and KRUZ ETFs make it even easier. NANC, referencing Nancy Pelosi, holds a basket of stocks that Democratic politicians have purchased. KRUZ, referencing Ted Cruz, holds a basket of Republican-held stocks. Financial TimesThe SPDR S&P 500 ETF is one of the most highly traded funds on the marketState Street, a popular ETF issuer, is responsible for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. This fund trades under the SPY ticker, and State Street maintains a web page with key facts and figures on SPY. For instance, its expense ratio is 0.0945%, or $9.45 on an initial $10K investment. State Street Global AdvisorsCathie Wood is one of the most famous modern figures in ETF investingCathie Wood is the fund manager and stock picker behind Ark Invest and its flagship Ark Innovation ETF. Her strategy centers around disruptive technology, and she’s made bold bets on cryptocurrency and companies like Tesla, Robinhood, and Nvidia. Wood has a loyal following of retail investors who watch her daily trades religiously. CNBCDiffusion models generate nontext media by adding and removing noise from a datasetUnlike text-based AI tools, which rely on large language models to recognize patterns in text, diffusion models use a reward system to generate images, video, audio, and 3D models. They can also be customized to match a user’s style. NVIDIA Technical BlogDeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup that rattled US competitors when it made an AI model much faster and cheaper than they didDeepSeek unveiled an AI model in 2025 that it said was made in two months for roughly $6M. For context, OpenAI has suggested it took over $100M to make its AI model GPT-4. The news rattled the stocks of American tech companies, including leading chipmaker Nvidia. BBC NewsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called OpenAI 'the most capital-intensive startup in history'As of 2024, Silicon Valley was set to spend $1T in the coming years building AI. As companies, including Google and Microsoft, fling billions at AI dreams, concerns are rising about whether that money will ever be recouped. To learn about the argument that there is an AI bubble—and that it could soon burst if AI doesn’t prove its worth—read this article. VoxMany of the top companies in the US by market cap began as tech startupsCombined, the top seven companies by market cap in the US as of December 2024—Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla—were worth more than $16T at the time. 1440
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