Nvidia is actively shaping the AI ecosystem, empowering startups, and driving innovation across a wide range of industries, through diverse investments and support programs.

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Nvidia's Corporate Investments

Nvidia's corporate investments focus on strategic collaborations that stimulate joint innovation, enhance the Nvidia platform, and expand the ecosystem. Since the beginning of 2023, Nvidia has announced 14 such investments in companies including:

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• Ayar Labs - Specializing in chip-to-chip optical connectivity
• Hugging Face - A hub for advanced AI models
• Databricks - An industry-leading data platform for machine learning
• Cohere - Providing enterprise automation through AI
• Recursion - Contributing solutions in drug discovery
• Kore.ai - Offering conversational AI
• Utilidata - Developing smart electricity grid solutions
• Inflection - Crafting a personal AI for creative expression
• Runway - Providing a platform for art and creativity through generative AI
• Ready Robotics - Developing an operating system for industrial robotics
• Skydio - Building autonomous drones
• CoreWeave - A cloud service provider catering to diverse clients

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These investments aim to grow Nvidia's ecosystem by funding companies that leverage Nvidia's platforms across a wide range of industries, from autonomous machines to consumer services.

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NVentures: Investing Alongside Entrepreneurs

Through NVentures, Nvidia's venture capital arm, the company supports innovators who are deeply relevant to Nvidia's mission.

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The goal is to generate strong financial returns while expanding the ecosystem by funding companies that use Nvidia's platforms. Some notable NVentures investments include:

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• Cohere - Providing enterprise automation through AI
• Hugging Face - A hub for advanced AI models
• Inflection - Crafting a personal AI for creative expression
• Runway - Providing a platform for art and creativity through generative AI

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NVIDIA Inception: Supporting Startups

NVIDIA Inception is Nvidia's program for supporting startups and connecting them to venture capital. The program has over 9,000 members, representing about two-thirds of the total number of AI startups in the world.

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Inception members are using AI to drive innovation across various industries, including:

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• Agriculture: Greeneye is developing AI-powered precision spraying to reduce herbicide use by up to 90%.
• Automotive: Plus is building an autonomous vehicle platform for trucks.
• Healthcare: Peptone is using generative AI models and complex simulations to discover promising therapeutic proteins.
• Public Sector: Fotokite has developed an autonomous tethered drone to assist first responders.
• Retail: Heartdub is using AI to digitize textiles and simulate clothing on the human body.