NVIDIA Corporation
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoCs), and application programming interfaces (APIs) for data science, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and mobile and automotive applications. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, Nvidia has been widely described as a Big Tech company.
Founded1993
FoundersJensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem
HeadquartersSanta Clara, California, U.S.
Websitewww.nvidia.com/
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Global Brand Rank #15 ($43.2B) Interbrand Best Global Brands 2025 Largest single-year brand value gain in the report's history (+116%), driven by AI demand.
Discrete (AIB) GPU shipments 90% Jon Peddie Research, Q1 2026 Peaked as high as 94% in Q4 2025; AMD and Intel split the remainder.
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1993 Founded by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem.
1999 GeForce 256 launched, marketed by Nvidia as the first GPU (graphics processing unit).
2006 CUDA parallel-computing platform introduced, later foundational to the company's AI/data-center business.
2019 Announced acquisition of networking-hardware company Mellanox Technologies for $6.9 billion, completed in 2020.
2023 Market capitalization surpassed $1 trillion for the first time, driven by demand for AI data-center GPUs.
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