Nvidia is the semiconductor company known by the stock ticker NVDA.
Nvidia’s shares trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol NVDA. The company became one of the world’s most valuable businesses as investors recognized the importance of its graphics processing units, or GPUs, for gaming, scientific computing, artificial intelligence, and data centers.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. It first became widely known for graphics hardware used in personal computers, but its CUDA software platform helped make its GPUs useful for general-purpose parallel computing.
The company’s market-capitalization rise is sometimes attributed only to video games. In reality, demand for AI training and inference became a major driver of its later growth. Market rankings remain changeable because Nvidia’s value depends on its share price and can move sharply after earnings reports or technology-industry news.