No company capitalized the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability and monetary reserves have grown since the introduction of Chatgpt more than two years ago – and the many competitive generative AI services have been launched by then. And its stock price rose.
During this period, the world’s leading high efficient GPU manufacturer used its balloon wealth to significantly increase investments in all kinds of companies but especially in AI startups.
The ragged giant increased its risk -capital activity in 2024, participating in 49 financial rounds for AI companies, a sharp growth of 34 in 2023, according to Pitchbook data. It is a dramatic increase in investment compared to the previous four years combined, during which NVIDIA funded only 38 AI -offers. Note that these investments exclude those made from its formal corporate VC Fund, NVentures, which has also significantly increased its investment in the last two years. (Pitchbook says NVentures were involved in 24 deals in 2024, compared to only 2 in 2022.)
By 2025, Nvidia had already participated in seven rounds.
Nvidia stated That the purpose of its corporate investment is to expand the AI -ecosystem by supporting startups, which it considers as “game changers and marketers.”
Below is a list of startups that have raised rounds exceeding $ 100 million, where Nvidia has been called a participant since 2023, including new ones, which it has supported so far in 2025, organized from the highest amount to the lowest income in the round.
The billion-dollar round club
Openai: Nvidia supported the manufacturer Chatgpt for the first time in October, reportedly writing $ 100 million check A colossal $ 6.6 billion, which estimated the company at $ 157 billion. The rag’s investment was involved by Openai’s other supporters, especially Thrive, which according to the New York Times invested $ 1.3 billion.
Xai: Nvidia participated in the $ 6 billion rounds of Elon Musk’s Xai. The deal revealed that not all of Openai’s investors followed its request to refrain from supporting some of its direct competitors. After investing in Chatgpt’s manufacturer in October, Nvidia joined the XAI cap Months later.
Inflection: One of Nvidia’s first significant AI investments also had one of the most unusual results. In June 2023, Nvidia was one of several major investors in inflection $ 1.3 billion Ronda, a company founded by Mustafa Suleyman, who had earlier founded Deepmind. Less than a year later, Microsoft hired the founders of inflection AI, Paying $ 620 million For a non-exclusive technology license, leaving the company with a significantly decreased workforce and a less defined future.
Wayve: In May, Nvidia participated in a $ 1.05 billion rounds For the UK-based startup that develops a self-learning system for autonomous driving. The company is testing its vehicles in the UK and the San Francisco Bay area.
Scale AI: In May 2024, Nvidia joined Accel and other technology giants Amazon and Meta to invest $ 1 billion On AI scale, which provides data tag services to companies for AI Models training. The round estimated the San Francisco company at nearly $ 14 billion.
The many hundred million-dollar clubs
Crusoe: Initial building data centers reportedly reportedly be rented to Oracle, Microsoft and Openai raised $ 686 million At the end of November, according to SEC archiving. The investment was led by founders -fund, and the long list of other investors included Nvidia.
Figure AI: In February 2024, Ai robotic starting figure raised $ 675 million NVIDIA B series, Openai Startup Fund, Microsoft, and others. The round estimated the company at $ 2.6 billion.
Mistralli AI: Nvidia invested in Mistral for the second time that the French-based large language model developer raised $ 640 million from series B at A $ 6 billion estimate In June.
Lambda: AI -Cloud -Provider Lambda, who provides services for model training, raised $ 480 million series D at reported $ 2.5 billion estimate In February. The round was co -led by SGW and Andra Capital Lambda, and joined by Nvidia, Ark Invest, and others. A significant part of Lambda’s business involves renting servers operated by NVIDIA GPUs.
Coherently: In June, Nvidia invested in Cohere $ 500 million roundA large language model -provider serving businesses. The rager first supported the Toronto-based start in 2023.
Perplexity: Nvidia first invested in perplexity in November 2023 and participated in every subsequent circle of the starting of AI search engine, including the $ 500 million A round in December, which estimates the company at $ 9 billion, according to Pitchbook Data.
Poolside: In October, the Ai Coding assistant initial pool announced that it raised $ 500 million Led by Bain Capital Ventures. Nvidia participated in the round, which estimated the AI start of $ 3 billion.
Coreweave: Nvidia invested in the AI Cloud Computer Supplier in April 2023, when Coreweave Levis Levis $ 221 million in funding. Since then, Coreweave’s estimate jumped from about $ 2 billion to $ 19 billionand the company has filed for an IPO. Coreweave allows its clients to rent NVIDIA GPUs monthly.
Together AI: In February, Nvidia participated in the $ 305 million series B From this company, which offers a cloud-based infrastructure for the construction of AI models. The round estimated AI at $ 3.3 billion and was co-led by Prosperity7, a Saudi Arab corporate company, and a general catalyst. Nvidia supported the company For the first time in 2023.
Sakka N’a: In September, Nvidia invested the Japanese-based starting that trains cheap generative AI models using small databases. The startup accumulated a crowd Series A -round of about $ 214 million At rate of $ 1.5 billion.
IMBUE: The AI -Research Laboratory that claims to develop AI systems that can reason and encode, raised $ 200 million round In September 2023 of investors, including Nvidia, Astera Institute, and former cruise general director Kyle Vogt.
Warranty: In June, the autonomous truck starting up $ 200 million series B A circle led by existing investors Uber and Khosla Ventures. Other investors included Nvidia, Volvo Group Venture Capital, and Porsche Automobil Holding SE.
Offers of over $ 100 million
Configure laboratories: In December, Nvidia invested in the $ 155 million round Of setting of laboratories, a A company developing optical interconnections to improve AI -computer and powerful efficiency. This was the third time Nvidia supported the start.
Kore.ai: The start-up developing corporate focal AI talks raised $ 150 million In December 2023. In addition to NVIDIA, investors participating in the funding included FTV Capital, Vistara Growth, and Sweetwater Private Equity.
Sandbox AQ: In April, Nvidia, along with Google, BNP Paribas and others, invested $ 150 million In Sandbox AQ, starting developing large quantitative models (LQMS) to handle complex number analyzes and statistical calculations. The investment increased Sandbox AQ’s series to $ 450 million and the company’s estimate to $ 5.75 billion.
Hypocratic AI: This startup that develops large language models for health care, announced in January that it raised $ 141 million series B At an estimate of $ 1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins. Nvidia participated in the round, along with returning investors Andreessen Horowitz, a general catalyst and others. The company claims that its AI solutions can handle non-diagnostic patient tasks such as pre-operational procedures, remote patient monitoring and rendezvous preparation.
Weka: In May, Nvidia invested in $ 140 million Circle for AI Native Data Management Platform Weka. The Round estimated the Silicon Valley Company at $ 1.6 billion.
Runway: In June 2023, a racetrack, a starting construction of generative AI -tools for multimedia content creators, raised a $ 141 million series C Extension of investors, including Nvidia, Google, and Salesforce.
Bright machines: In June 2024, Nvidia participated in a $ 126 million series C of Bright Machines, Smart Robotics and AI-driven software.
Direccom: In September 2023, Nvidia invested in online chip designers Fabrica $ 125 million series B. Although the startup raised another $ 115 million in November, Nvidia did not participate in the round.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story has incorrectly stated that Nvidia is a supporter of safe superintelligence and investor in the E -Round of Vast Data. NVIDIA has not invested in extensive data since the D. Series D. series.
