NVIDIA was incorporated in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem.
The three founders brought experience from graphics and semiconductor engineering. Huang became NVIDIA’s president and chief executive, while Malachowsky and Priem contributed expertise in computer graphics hardware. The company initially focused on graphics processors for personal computers and later helped establish the GPU as a powerful tool for scientific computing and artificial intelligence.
NVIDIA’s GeForce products became closely associated with PC gaming, while its CUDA software platform made its processors useful for parallel computing. Demand for accelerated computing and AI training later turned NVIDIA into one of the world’s most valuable public companies. A common mix-up is naming Lisa Su, who leads rival chipmaker AMD; she is not an NVIDIA co-founder. Curtis Priem left NVIDIA in 2003 and later pursued other technology and philanthropic projects.