## Overview Nvidia Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, widely recognized as a leader in accelerated computing and artificial intelligence (AI)[1][2]. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, Nvidia has evolved from a specialist in graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming into a full-stack computing platform powering everything from AI factories and autonomous vehicles to digital twins and professional visualization[1][2][4]. The company is now considered a member of the Big Tech group, alongside Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta[1]. ## What Nvidia Does Nvidia’s core business revolves around designing and manufacturing GPUs, systems on chips (SoCs), and related software platforms. Its GeForce GPUs dominate the gaming and creative markets, while its professional GPUs are widely used in scientific research, industrial simulation, and AI model training[1][3]. The company’s CUDA platform, introduced in the early 2000s, enabled GPUs to perform massively parallel computations, catalyzing breakthroughs in AI and high-performance computing[1]. Nvidia also offers data center-scale solutions, networking hardware, and software for digital twins through its Omniverse platform[2][3]. In recent years, Nvidia has expanded into automotive platforms for autonomous vehicles, robotics (Jetson), and even ARM-based CPUs for Windows PCs[1][3]. ## History and Key Achievements Nvidia’s invention of the GPU in 1999 revolutionized computer graphics and accelerated the growth of the PC gaming market[2]. The company’s early bet on parallel computing laid the foundation for its current dominance in AI, where it now supplies over 80% of GPUs used in training and deploying AI models globally[1]. Nvidia chips are also found in more than 75% of the world’s top supercomputers[1]. The company’s strategic