NVIDIA, a fabless firm that designs chips manufactured by others, has become the largest semiconductor company in the world. Its market capitalization hovers just below $700B.
This achievement is partly attributed to its pioneering work in accelerated computing, which uses specialty hardware to complete demanding software tasks much faster than previously possible.
Initially, this effort was primarily focused on gaming — but NVIDIA’s development of parallel processing in 2006 paved the way for new capabilities in scientific and research applications. This breakthrough allowed multiple computations at a given time instead of sequentially, resulting in much faster processing speeds.
Today, NVIDIA’s work helps drive progress across industries including autonomous driving, molecular research, climate modeling, and generative AI.
Using CB Insights data, we uncovered the 6 most important strategic priorities highlighted by NVIDIA’s recent acquisitions, investments, and partnerships. We then categorized companies by their business relationships with NVIDIA across these priorities:
- AI & machine learning
- Autonomous driving
- Cloud & data infrastructure
- Digital twins
- Healthcare
- Quantum & high-performance computing
