Nvidia
Logo used since 2006 | |
Headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in 2023 | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | April 5, 1993, in Sunnyvale, California, US |
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| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California , US |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$215.9 billion (FY26) |
| US$130.4 billion (FY26) | |
| US$120.1 billion (FY26) | |
| Total assets | US$206.8 billion (FY26) |
| Total equity | US$144.3 billion (FY26) |
Number of employees | 42,000 (FY26) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | nvidia.com |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of fiscal year ended January 25, 2026 (FY26). References: | |
Nvidia Corporation (/ɛnˈvɪdiə/ en-VID-ee-ə) is an American technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, it develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoCs), and application programming interfaces (APIs) for data science, high-performance computing, video games, and mobile and automotive applications. Nvidia has been described as a Big Tech company.
Originally focused on GPUs for video gaming, Nvidia broadened their use into other markets, including artificial intelligence (AI), professional visualization, and supercomputing. The company's product lines include GeForce GPUs for gaming and creative workloads, and professional GPUs for edge computing, scientific research, and industrial applications. As of the first quarter of 2025, Nvidia held a 92% share of the discrete desktop and laptop GPU market.
In the early 2000s, the company invested over a billion dollars to develop CUDA, a software platform and API that enabled GPUs to run massively parallel programs for a broad range of compute-intensive applications. As a result, as of 2025, Nvidia controlled more than 80% of the market for GPUs used in training and deploying AI models, and provided chips for over 75% of the world's TOP500 supercomputers. The company has also expanded into gaming hardware and services, with products such as the Shield Portable, Shield Tablet, and Shield TV, and operates the GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Furthermore, it has developed the Tegra line of mobile processors for smartphones, tablets, and automotive infotainment systems.
In 2023, Nvidia became the seventh U.S. company to reach a US$1 trillion valuation. In 2025, driven by soaring global demand for AI data center hardware in the midst of the AI boom, Nvidia became the first company in the world to surpass US$4 trillion and US$5 trillion in market capitalization. For its strength, size and market capitalization, Nvidia has been selected as one of Bloomberg's "Magnificent Seven", the seven biggest companies on the stock market in these regards.