Nvidia emerged as the most aggressive tech player in AI startup funding over the past two years, with 83 deals compared to Alphabet’s 73 and ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/microsoft” target=”_blank”>Microsoft’s 40 during the same period.
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Perplexity: Nvidia has been a consistent backer of the AI search engine startup since November 2023. In December 2024, data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-startup-perplexity-closes-funding-round-at-9-billion-value/articleshow/116455515.cms” data-type=”tilCustomLink” target=”_blank”>Perplexity AI closed a $500 million funding round data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_6610635925710320675_inbox/_blank” rel=”nofollow”/>, tripling its valuation to $9 billion, as per sources. The company is developing a search product to compete with Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
xAI: Nvidia participated in the data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/elon-musks-ai-startup-xai-raises-6-billion-in-latest-funding-round/articleshow/116629551.cms” data-type=”tilCustomLink” target=”_blank”>$6 billion funding round of Elon Musk’s xAI data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_6610635925710320675_inbox/_blank” rel=”nofollow”/>, in December.
Wayve: data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/softbank-leads-1-billion-funding-for-uk-self-driving-startup-wayve/articleshow/109902545.cms” data-type=”tilCustomLink” target=”_blank”>Nvidia contributed to a $1.05 billion funding data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_6610635925710320675_inbox/_blank” rel=”nofollow”/>round in May 2024 for the UK-based autonomous driving startup.
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Also Read: data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/us-based-ai-startups-that-raked-in-over-100-million-in-funding-in-2024/articleshow/111802443.cms” data-type=”tilCustomLink” target=”_blank”>US-based AI startups that raised over $100 million in funding in 2024Scale AI: In May, Nvidia joined Amazon, ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/meta” target=”_blank”>Meta and Accel in a data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/scale-ai-valued-at-14-billion-in-nvidia-amazon-backed-funding-round/articleshow/110308383.cms” data-type=”tilCustomLink” target=”_blank”>$1 billion investment in Scale AI data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_6610635925710320675_inbox/_blank” rel=”nofollow”/>, which provides data-labelling services for AI model training.
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Mistral AI: Nvidia made a second investment in the French large language model developer, contributing to its data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/french-ai-startup-mistral-ai-raises-385-million-euros/articleshow/105887393.cms” data-type=”tilCustomLink” target=”_blank”> $640 million Series B data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_6610635925710320675_inbox/_blank” rel=”nofollow”/>at a $6 billion valuation in June.

































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