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NVIDIA

Frontier AI Lab
Founded Apr 1993 (33 years old)HQ: Santa Clara, CAnvidia.com ↗

NVIDIA holds 90-95% of the AI accelerator market, with its H100, H200, and B200 GPUs powering virtually all frontier AI training. Revenue reached $130.5B in FY2025 (114% YoY growth), driven almost entirely by data center GPU sales. Its proprietary CUDA software ecosystem creates deep lock-in across the AI training stack.

Revenue
$216B
as of Jan 2026
Headcount
42,000
as of Jan 2026

Key Metrics

Revenue (ARR)

$216BJan 2026
Revenue (ARR) chart. Annual run rate: $27B in 2023 to $216B in 2026.$0$62B$124B$186B$248B2023202420252026

Headcount

42KJan 2026
Headcount chart. Employees: 26K in 2023 to 42K in 2026.012K24K36K48K2023202420252026

Funding Rounds

$4.1Btotal raised
Funding Rounds. Seed (1993): $2M raised; Venture Round (1993): $18M raised; IPO (Jan 1999): $42M raised; DARPA UHPC Grant (Aug 2010): $25M raised; DARPA PERFECT Grant (Dec 2012): $20M raised; Post-IPO Equity (May 2017): $4B raised. Total: $4.1B.$0$1.1B$2.3B$3.5B$4.6B19931999201020122017SeedVenture RoundIPODARPA UHPC GrantDARPA PERFECT GrantPost-IPO Equity
Per round
Total

Facts

13
Financial
Market Cap$4.3T
Revenue$216B
Quarterly Data Center Revenue$62B
Headcount42,000
Gross Margin75%
Biographical
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
General
Websitehttps://www.nvidia.com
Organization
Founded DateApr 1993
Legal StructurePublic company (NASDAQ: NVDA)
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA
People
Founder (text)Jensen Huang
Other

Prediction Markets

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Approaches

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Analysis

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Risks

Compute ConcentrationConcentrated Compute as a Cybersecurity RiskFinancial Stability Risks from AI Capital Expenditure

Organizations

AI Revenue SourcesTSMC

Other

Jensen HuangElon Musk

Concepts

AI Chip Governance Supply Chain