Nvidia was founded in 1993.
Nvidia was established in Santa Clara, California, by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. The company initially focused on graphics-processing technology and later became especially influential in programmable graphics processors, data-center computing, and artificial-intelligence hardware.
Its early history is often connected with the development of specialized chips for computer graphics and gaming. Nvidia introduced the GeForce brand in 1999, helping establish its position in consumer graphics cards. The company later expanded its CUDA software platform and data-center products, which made its processors useful for parallel computing and machine-learning workloads.
Nvidia’s 1993 founding date is distinct from the dates of its major product launches and public-market milestones. The company went public in 1999, six years after its founding. Its rapid growth in AI-related computing later made Nvidia one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies, but that market-cap status does not change its original founding year.