Nvidia became the world’s most valuable public company during the artificial-intelligence chip boom.
Nvidia’s graphics processing units, or GPUs, became central to training and running many artificial-intelligence systems. Their parallel-processing design can handle large numbers of calculations simultaneously, making them useful for machine learning as well as video-game graphics.
The company was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. Nvidia first became widely known for graphics chips and GeForce gaming products. Its CUDA software platform later made it easier for developers to use Nvidia GPUs for general-purpose computing.
Market capitalization changes constantly with share prices, so rankings can shift from one trading session to another. Nvidia’s valuation surge reflected demand for data-center accelerators, networking, and the software ecosystem surrounding its hardware, not just traditional gaming sales.