No company has made more dramatic than Nvidia using the AI ​​revolution. The turnover, profitability and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the launch of Chatgpt more than two years ago – and the many competitive generative AI services that have been introduced ever since. And the share price has risen.

During that period, the world’s leading GPU manufacturer with a high performance used its balloon lot to significantly increase investments in all kinds of startups, but especially in AI startups.

According to the Pitchbook data, the Chip Giant increased its venture capital activity in 2024 and participated in 49 financing rounds for AI enterprises, a sharp increase of 34 in 2023. This is a dramatic surge in investment compared to the previous four years together, during which NVIDIA only funded 38 AI transactions. Note that these investments exclude those made by the formal corporate BC fund, Nventures, which have also significantly increased its investment over the past two years. (Pitchbook says Nventures entered into 24 offers in 2024, compared to just 2 in 2022.)

In 2025, Nvidia already participated in seven rounds.

Nvidia said That the purpose of its corporate investment is to expand the AI ​​ecosystem by supporting startups which it considers as ‘game changers and market makers’.

Below is a list of startups that have collected rounds of more than $ 100 million, where Nvidia has been a mentioned participant since 2023, including new ones that have supported it so far in 2025, organized from the highest amount to the lowest in the round.

The billion-dollar round club

OPENAI: Nvidia supported the Chatgpt manufacturer for the first time in October and allegedly wrote a $ 100 million check on a $ 6.6 billion round that valued the company at $ 157 billion. The Chipmaker investment was dwarfed by Openai’s other supporters, especially thriving, which according to the New York Times invested $ 1.3 billion.

Xai: Nvidia participated in the $ 6 billion round of Elon Musk’s Xai. The agreement revealed that not all the investors of Openai followed his request To refrain from supporting any of its direct competitors. After investing in the Chatgpt manufacturer in October, Nvidia joined Xai’s Cap table a few months later.

CLOSE: One of Nvidia’s first important AI investments also had one of the most unusual outcomes. In June 2023, Nvidia was one of several head investors in the round of $ 1.3 billion, a company founded by Mustafa Suleyman, who previously founded Deepmind. Less than a year later, Microsoft hired the founders of inflection AI and paid $ 620 million for a non-exclusive technology license, leaving the company a significantly reduced workforce and a less defined future.

Wayve: In May, Nvidia participated in a $ 1.05 billion round for the UK-based startup, which develops a autonomous management self-learning system. The company tests its vehicles in the UK and the San Francisco Bay area.

Scale Ai: In May 2024, Nvidia joined Accel and other technical giant Amazon and Meta to invest $ 1 billion in AI, providing data labeling services to companies for training AI models. The round valued the company in San Francisco at nearly $ 14 billion.

The many hundred millions of dollars club

Crusoe: A boot -building -data centers reported report According to a SEC filing, Microsoft and Openai rented to Oracle, Microsoft and Openai. The investment was led by Founders Fund, and the long list of other investors included Nvidia.

Figure AI: In February 2024, Ai Robotics Startup Figures raised a series B of $ 675 million from Nvidia, Openai Startup Fund, Microsoft and others. The round valued the company at $ 2.6 billion.

MISTRAL AI: Nvidia invested in Mistral for the second time when the French-based major language model developer increased a series of $ 640 million B in June.

Lambda: AI -Cloud Provider Lambda, which provides services for model training, has a $ 480 million series d at A report Appreciation of $ 2.5 billion in February. The round was led together by SGW and Andra Capital Lambda, and joined Nvidia, Ark Invest and others. A significant part of Lambda’s business involves renting servers powered by Nvidia’s GPUs.

Chere: In June, Nvidia invested in Cohere’s $ 500 million round, a major language model provider serving businesses. The chipmaker first supported the Toronto-based startup in 2023.

Confused: Nvidia invested in confusion for the first time in November 2023 and participated in each subsequent round of the AI ​​search engine, including the $ 500 million in December, which appreciates the company at $ 9 billion, according to Pitchbook data.

Pool: In October the Ai Coding assistant Startup Poolside has announced that it has raised $ 500 million led by Bain Capital Ventures. Nvidia participated in the round, which valued the AI ​​start at $ 3 billion.

Coreweave: Nvidia invested in the AI ​​wool computer provider in April 2023, when Coreweave raised $ 221 million to funding. Since then, Coreweave’s valuation has jumped from about $ 2 billion to $ 19 billion, and the company has applied for a bursary trading. Coreweave allows its clients to rent Nvidia GPUs per hour.

Together Ai: In February, Nvidia went to the $ 305 million series b of this business, which provides cloud-based infrastructure for building AI models. The round valued $ 3.3 billion and was led together by Prosperity7, a Saudi Arabian enterprise firm and general catalyst. Nvidia supported the company for the first time in 2023.

Sakana Ai: In September, Nvidia invests in the Japan-based startup, which training low-cost generative AI models with small data sets. The beginning raised a massive range of A -round of approximately $ 214 million at a $ 1.5 billion valuation.

Imbue: The AI ​​research laboratory that claims to develop AI systems that can reason and encode a $ 200 million round of $ 200 million from investors, including Nvidia, Astera Institute, and former Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt in September 2023.

WABI: In June, the autonomous startup of trucks increased a range of $ 200 million, led by existing investors Uber and Khosla Ventures. Other investors were Nvidia, Volvo Group Venture Capital and Porsche Automobil Holding’s.

Trade over more than $ 100 million

Ayar Labs: In December, Nvidia invests in the $ 155 million round of Ayar Labs, a Company that develops optical interconnects to improve AI calculation and power efficiency. It was the third time Nvidia supported the start.

Choirs.ai, The beginning of the developing enterprise-oriented AI-Chatbots raised $ 150 million in December 2023. In addition to Nvidia, investors who participated in funding included FTV Capital, Vistara Growth and Sweetwater Private Equity.

Hippocratic AI: This boot, which develops major language models for healthcare, announced in January that it has raised a series B of $ 141 million with a valuation of $ 1.64 billion led by smaller Perkins. Nvidia participated in the round, along with returning investors Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and others. The company claims that its AI solutions can handle non-diagnostic tasks directed by the patient, such as pre-serving procedures, remote patient monitoring and preparation of appointments.

Weka: In May, Nvidia invested in a $ 140 million round for Ai-Native Data Management Platform Weka. The round valued the Silicon Valley Company at $ 1.6 billion.

Runway: In June 2023, Runway, a generative AI tool for multimedia content for multimedia content, raised an expansion of $ 141 million from investors, including Nvidia, Google and Salesforce.

Bright machines: In June 2024, Nvidia led to a $ 126 million series c of bright machines, a smart robotics and AI-powered software startup.

Enfabrica: In September 2023, Nvidia invested in network chips designer Enfabrica’s $ 125 million B. although the startup raised another $ 115 million in November, Nvidia did not participate.

Editorial note: Previous version of this story has wrongly said that Nvidia is a supporter of secure super -intelligence and an investor in the series e -round of big data. Nvidia has not invested in big data since the company’s series D.