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GPU giant powering most AI training/inference. NIM microservices and Nemotron-3 30B open model expand the software stack.

GPU giant powering most AI training/inference. NIM microservices and Nemotron-3 30B open model expand the software stack.

Founded 1993
Santa Clara, USA
www.nvidia.com

NVIDIA History Timeline(15)

2026-08-31
funding

$3.5B investment in MediaTek for NVLink Fusion

Aug 31 joint statement, covers AI data center/PC/auto; part of $3.9B overseas convertible bond

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2026-08-25
launch

Groq 3 LPX inference accelerator enters mass production

Announced at Hot Chips 2026. Groq 3 LPX delivers 3,400 tok/s on Gemma 4 31B at 100K context. Nebius Token Factory among first adopters.

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2026-08-25
launch

Spectrum-X Multiplane and ScaleIn released

Spectrum-X Multiplane scales to 512,000 GPUs per layer; ScaleIn accelerates infrastructure services on BlueField-4.

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2026-08-25
partnership

SpaceXAI adopts Vera CPU and extends Vera Rubin to Starmind satellites

SpaceXAI becomes the first customer to deploy an optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 in orbit.

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2026-08-24
funding

In talks to invest in Perplexity at $30B+ valuation

In talks to invest in Perplexity at $30B+ valuation

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2026-08-24
launch

Groq 3 LPX inference accelerator mass production

Groq 3 LPX inference accelerator mass production

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2026-08-22
licensing

Nvidia pays $6B for Poolside AI license, adds $1B investment, 109 job offers

Nvidia signed a $6B non-exclusive license with Poolside plus $1B strategic investment at a $12B pre-money valuation; 109 Poolside staff received job offers. Poolside stays independent. The $6B license proceeds are expected to be distributed to existing investors by late next year.

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2026-08-22
research

Nvidia AVO agent architecture scores perfect 100 on ARC-AGI-3

AVO completed all 183 levels across 25 environments using 6,624 environment actions, becoming the first commercial agent architecture to achieve a perfect score on the benchmark and validating system-level architecture's role in converting model capability into sustained progress.

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2026-08-18
funding

Team with six Wall Street firms on $500B AI compute financing platform

On Aug 17 Huang announced NVIDIA's framework with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR, targeting $500B third-party capital.

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2026-08-15
market

NVIDIA discloses ~$21B SpaceX stake in 13F filing

August 14 13F filing discloses ~122.8M SpaceX Class A shares, valued at ~$21B (~$17.2B at August 14 close), sixth-largest SpaceX investor. Sourced from January $10B xAI investment.

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2026-08-14
product

Nvidia Spectrum-X silicon photonics switches enter full mass production

Nvidia announced on August 14 that Spectrum-X Ethernet silicon photonics switches have entered full mass production, the first commercially scaled 200G/lane CPO Ethernet switch system, reducing laser count by 75% and power by 80%.

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2026-08-11
launch

NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard

On August 11 NVIDIA open-sourced the 30B MoE model Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (3B active), alongside NeMo Switchyard intelligent routing layer.

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2026-08-11
funding

NVIDIA partners with six Wall Street giants to launch $500B AI compute financing platform

On August 10 NVIDIA signed MOUs with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR.

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2026-08-09
launch

NVIDIA open-sources NOOA agent framework

Open-sourced August 9, Apache 2.0, 82.2% on SWE-bench Verified.

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2026-08-08
funding

Nvidia invests up to $3B in Lancium

On August 8, Nvidia agreed to invest $2B in Lancium with $1B follow-on commitment.

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