NVIDIA's Startup And Customer Funding Draws Central Bank Comparison
NVIDIA's largest customers are becoming its competitors, so the capital it pushes out to startups and buyers now sits alongside a real risk that those same buyers will shift to in-house chips.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
NVIDIA has invested more than $70 billion in startups over the past three years and provided $300 billion in financial support to its customers, according to The Economist, which reported that the company is being called the central bank of AI. Giant technology companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft account for about half of NVIDIA's sales and are designing their own semiconductors.
The Economist reported that NVIDIA has put more than $70 billion into startups over the past three years and $300 billion into financial support for its customers, prompting some to call the chip company the central bank of AI. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft account for about half of NVIDIA's sales, and each is investing heavily in AI infrastructure while designing its own semiconductors. Bloomberg Intelligence expects custom semiconductors to grow from roughly 40 percent of the AI processor market in 2026 to about 50 percent by the end of 2030.
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- GIGAZINE NVIDIAはAIの中央銀行と化している