Nvidia
Also known as NVIDIA, Nvidia Corporation
American chip company whose GPUs train and run most of today's AI models.
Run by Jensen Huang (Co-founder, President and CEO).
Led by
- Jensen Huang
Co-founder, President and CEO 2
Invested in
- AnthropicOrganization
up to $10B · since Nov 2025 source on Anthropic
- Mistral AIOrganization
existing investor; in the €1.7B Series C (September 2025) source on Mistral AI
- OpenAIOrganization
$30B committed in the February 2026 round · since 27 Feb 2026 source on OpenAI
Board
Tench Coxe, John Dabiri, Dawn Hudson, Harvey Jones, Melissa Lora, Stephen Neal, Brooke Seawell, Aarti Shah, Mark Stevens, Suzanne Nora Johnson 2
Before
Invested in until 14 Aug 2026
Cursor (new strategic investor in the Series D) source on Cursor
Founded by
- Jensen Huang
- Chris Malachowsky
- Curtis Priem
People
- Colette KressEVP and Chief Financial Officer
- Bill Dallychief scientist
- Chris MalachowskyFounder and NVIDIA Fellow
Partners
- AnthropicOrganization
up to 1 GW on Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems · since Nov 2025 source on Anthropic
- MetaOrganization
long-term partnership · since Feb 2026 source on Meta
- Mistral AIOrganization
developing open frontier AI models · since Mar 2026 source on Mistral AI
- Nvidia designs graphics processors and the AI accelerators built from them.
- It was founded in 1993 in Sunnyvale, California.
- In October 2025 it became the first company to reach $5 trillion in market value.
- It also invests in and buys AI companies, including Intel, Groq's assets and Nebius.
Why it matters
- Its chips are the main supply of compute for AI labs, so its deals shape who can train frontier models.
- Founded
- April 5, 1993, Sunnyvale, California1
- Founders
- Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem1
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California1
- Public
- Nasdaq, ticker NVDA1
- Employees
- 42,000 (fiscal 2026)1
- Revenue
- US$215.9 billion (fiscal 2026)1
- Market value
- First company to reach $5 trillion, October 29, 20251
- Board
- 11 directors; the investor site names no board chair2
Who owns and runs it
Run by Jensen Huang (Co-founder, President and CEO).
Led by
- Jensen Huang
Co-founder, President and CEO 2
Invested in
- AnthropicOrganization
up to $10B · since Nov 2025 source on Anthropic
- Mistral AIOrganization
existing investor; in the €1.7B Series C (September 2025) source on Mistral AI
- OpenAIOrganization
$30B committed in the February 2026 round · since 27 Feb 2026 source on OpenAI
Board
Tench Coxe, John Dabiri, Dawn Hudson, Harvey Jones, Melissa Lora, Stephen Neal, Brooke Seawell, Aarti Shah, Mark Stevens, Suzanne Nora Johnson 2
Before
Invested in until 14 Aug 2026
Cursor (new strategic investor in the Series D) source on Cursor
AI investments and deals
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Intel: $5 billion investment1
Gave Nvidia an immediate stake of about 4%.
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OpenAI: $100 billion letter of intent1
A non-binding memorandum of understanding; as of January 2026 talks had not gone past early stages.
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Groq: assets bought for $20 billion in cash1
As reported by CNBC.
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Nebius Group: $2 billion investment1
Followed a purchase of 1.2 million shares in November 2024.
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Mistral AI: existing investor, joined the Series C (opens mistral.ai)
Took part in Mistral's €1.7B round led by ASML.
Acquisitions
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Connections
Founded by
- Jensen Huang
- Chris Malachowsky
- Curtis Priem
People
- Colette KressEVP and Chief Financial Officer
- Bill Dallychief scientist
- Chris MalachowskyFounder and NVIDIA Fellow
Partners
- AnthropicOrganization
up to 1 GW on Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems · since Nov 2025 source on Anthropic
- MetaOrganization
long-term partnership · since Feb 2026 source on Meta
- Mistral AIOrganization
developing open frontier AI models · since Mar 2026 source on Mistral AI
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