Nvidia is the company whose NVDA stock ticker identifies a leading designer of GPUs used extensively in generative artificial intelligence.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. It first became known for graphics processing units used in personal computers and video games. GPUs later proved highly effective for parallel mathematical operations used in machine learning.
The company’s CUDA software platform, introduced in 2006, enabled developers to use Nvidia GPUs for general-purpose computing. That software ecosystem, together with specialized data-center chips, made Nvidia a central supplier for training and running large AI models.
Nvidia’s market capitalization rose dramatically during the generative-AI boom. Its stock has undergone splits, including a ten-for-one split in 2024, so historical share prices must be compared carefully when studying its valuation.