Nvidia

Nvidia is a technology company that specializes in the development and production of graphics processing units (GPUs) and other high-performance computing technologies. The company's key executives include CEO Jensen Huang, CFO Colette Kress, and CTO Michael Kagan. The company's competitors include other technology giants such as Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.
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Nvidia’s Hugging Face Embrace Burnishes AI Kingmaker Status

By Martin Peers and Phoebe Liu · Sep 3, 2026 5:01pm PDT
Nvidia’s AI chip design rival, Broadcom, may be forecasting rocketing growth. But Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang needn’t worry. He’s deftly parlayed Nvidia’s early AI winnings into what’s likely to be an enduring role as kingmaker in the sector, as he demonstrated by confirming the $12.9 billion purchase of Hugging Face on Thursday, a week after we... Nvidia’s AI chip design rival, Broadcom, may be forecasting rocketing growth. But Nvidia CEO...
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Nvidia in Talks to Invest Around $2.5 Billion in Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab

By Phoebe Liu, Stephanie Palazzolo, Valida Pau and Julia Hornstein · Sep 3, 2026 10:43am PDT
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI developer led by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks to raise between $5 billion and $6 billion at a valuation of at least $40 billion before the investment, existing investor Andreessen Horowitz has told other prospective investors. Nvidia is expected to contribute about half of the amount,... Thinking Machines Lab, the AI developer led by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is...
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Wafer, An Inference Provider That Uses Non-Nvidia Chips, Lands Acquisition Offers and $200 Million-Plus Valuation

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Sep 1, 2026 7:01am PDT
Developers and chip designers are increasingly upbeat about the benefits of using AI to supercharge the process of designing and optimizing AI chips, as my colleague Phoebe wrote about last week. Now, a year-old inference provider, Wafer, is trying a similar approach: using AI to improve the way models run on a variety of chips and then helping... Developers and chip designers are increasingly upbeat about the benefits of using AI to...
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Nvidia Agrees to Buy Open Source AI Platform Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion
By Amir Efrati, Valida Pau and Phoebe Liu · Aug 26, 2026 6:26pm PDT
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Nvidia Agrees to Buy Open Source AI Platform Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion

By Amir Efrati, Valida Pau and Phoebe Liu · Aug 26, 2026 6:26pm PDT
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a company known for its GitHub-like repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. The move will put Nvidia in charge of a strategic asset in the race among open-source model developers to catch up to closed-source AI models from Anthropic and... Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a company known for its GitHub-like repository of...
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Bill Gates’ AI Warning and Nvidia’s Boffo Quarter

By Martin Peers · Aug 26, 2026 5:01pm PDT · 1 comment
You couldn’t miss the disconnect in the AI discussion among major tech figures on Wednesday. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned in a lengthy essay about the dangers posed by the technology, noting that he would support a global slowdown in AI advances if someone had a “credible plan” for doing so. Then Nvidia, the dominant seller of AI... You couldn’t miss the disconnect in the AI discussion among major tech figures on Wednesday....
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Why OpenAI’s Jalapeño Might Sicken Nvidia

By Martin Peers · Aug 25, 2026 5:00pm PDT
Exactly who at OpenAI decided to name the company’s first internally designed chip Jalapeño? That might have seemed like a good idea a few months ago—perhaps OpenAI imagined that name would serve as a subtle indicator that the chip is a hot property. But it’s not ideal right now, when the Food and Drug Administration is warning that products... Exactly who at OpenAI decided to name the company’s first internally designed chip Jalapeño? That...
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Nvidia’s John Malone Dealmaking Opportunity

By Martin Peers · Aug 24, 2026 5:01pm PDT · 1 comment
Here’s a thought about Nvidia’s future: All the equity stakes it’s accumulating in AI companies—including, as we reported on Sunday, an expanded stake in Perplexity—could become more useful in ways other than simply guaranteeing demand for its chips. Over time the stakes could end up being worth a lot of money and could also make CEO Jensen... Here’s a thought about Nvidia’s future: All the equity stakes it’s accumulating in AI companies—...
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Filling In the Gaps in Nvidia’s $500 Billion Financing Pitch
By Dakin Campbell · Aug 24, 2026 8:06am PDT · 2 comments
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Filling In the Gaps in Nvidia’s $500 Billion Financing Pitch

By Dakin Campbell · Aug 24, 2026 8:06am PDT · 2 comments
Nvidia shocked the market earlier this month when it lined up half a dozen financial giants, including Blackstone, Apollo and Goldman Sachs, to finance $500 billion of AI infrastructure purchases. The eye-popping figure was a signal to the market that Nvidia is moving away from acting as the financier of last resort for AI firms. Nvidia CEO... Nvidia shocked the market earlier this month when it lined up half a dozen financial giants,...
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Nvidia Discusses Perplexity Investment at $30 Billion-Plus Valuation

By Phoebe Liu, Valida Pau and Amir Efrati · Aug 23, 2026 8:06pm PDT
Nvidia is discussing investing in Perplexity as part of an equity round that would value the AI startup at more than $30 billion, according to people with knowledge of the discussion. The round would be worth billions of dollars and boost the startup’s valuation more than 50% from its last financing a year ago, the people said. The proposed deal... Nvidia is discussing investing in Perplexity as part of an equity round that would value the AI...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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Nvidia, Salesforce Are in Spotlight This Week

By Martin Peers · Aug 23, 2026 3:01pm PDT
Some of the hardest-working people in tech right now have to be the corporate communications folks at Nvidia, which is pretty much never out of the news. Aside from updates on its latest AI chips, Nvidia seems to be investing in almost every part of the AI sector, from data center developers to AI model makers to data-labeling providers. And... Some of the hardest-working people in tech right now have to be the corporate communications...