Nvidia, founded in 1993 as NVIDIA, became a leading supplier of GPUs used in artificial intelligence.
Nvidia was established by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem in 1993. It first became known for graphics processing units designed for computer games, but its programmable GPUs also proved highly effective for parallel calculations. That capability made Nvidia hardware central to many artificial-intelligence training systems.
Demand for AI computing helped drive a dramatic increase in Nvidia’s market capitalization and placed it among the world’s richest public companies. The company’s name is usually styled NVIDIA, while “Nvidia” is common in ordinary writing. Its CUDA software platform, introduced in 2006, helped developers use graphics processors for general-purpose computing, strengthening the company’s position beyond gaming.