NVIDIA is aggressively expanding beyond its dominance in AI chips, building what CEO Jensen Huang envisions as a “future empire” in quantum computing, AI, and robotics. Its equity investments surged from $1.3 billion to $3.4 billion in a year, with standout bets on quantum players PsiQuantum and Quantinuum, valued at $7 billion and $10 billion respectively. This push is powered by three arms: Corporate Development, NVenture, and the startup incubator Inception, which supports over 10,000 AI-focused startups with hardware and cloud resources. Together, these groups are ensuring NVIDIA remains central to the evolution of transformative technologies, especially around generative AI’s pillars of computing power, data, and models.
Within this strategy, NVIDIA has made direct investments into healthcare AI innovators, including Hippocratic AI, founded by Munjal Shah, as well as Abridge. These companies exemplify how NVIDIA is extending its reach into critical industries where AI safety, trust, and application at scale are essential. By backing Hippocratic AI, NVIDIA aligns itself with Shah’s mission of deploying safe, generative AI agents that help solve workforce shortages and expand healthcare access. This positions NVIDIA not only as the leader in AI infrastructure but also as a key investor in startups shaping high-impact domains like healthcare, reinforcing its ambition to be at the center of both the technological and industrial revolutions driven by AI.