Semiconductor and AI infrastructure company
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is the semiconductor company whose GPUs, CPUs, networking and software run most large-scale AI training and inference. Listed on Nasdaq as NVDA and led by founder and CEO Jensen Huang, it sells the Blackwell and Vera Rubin platforms, the Vera CPU, Spectrum-X Ethernet and BlueField DPUs to cloud providers and enterprises.
Last reviewed 28 Oct 2026
Facts at a glance
| Type | Semiconductor and accelerated computing company |
|---|---|
| Ticker | NASDAQ: NVDA |
| CEO | Jensen Huang, founder and CEO |
| AI platforms | Blackwell (GB200, GB300 NVL72), Vera Rubin NVL72, HGX Rubin NVL8, Vera CPU source |
| Networking | NVLink, Spectrum-X Ethernet with Spectrum-6 switches, BlueField-4 DPUs source |
| Latest cloud milestone | Vera Rubin NVL72 and Vera CPUs generally available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, 27 October 2026 source |
| Meta investment | NVIDIA says it will invest $3 billion in Meta's equity offering (26 October 2026) source |
What NVIDIA sells to AI builders
NVIDIA describes itself as the world leader in AI and accelerated computing. Its rack-scale Vera Rubin NVL72 system connects 72 GPUs over NVLink, and its standalone Vera CPU is sold for the CPU-bound parts of agent workloads such as tool calls, code execution and data retrieval. In late October 2026 NVIDIA announced general availability of both on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and an expanded collaboration with Meta on the Muse model family, including a $3 billion investment in Meta's equity offering. The timeline below lists every story on this site that names NVIDIA.
Questions people ask
- What is NVIDIA Vera Rubin?
- NVIDIA's GPU platform that follows Blackwell. The Vera Rubin NVL72 rack connects 72 GPUs over NVLink, and it became generally available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on 27 October 2026.
- What is the NVIDIA Vera CPU?
- NVIDIA's CPU sold as a standalone compute tier for agentic AI workloads such as tool calls and code execution. OpenAI is among the early customers testing it on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, NVIDIA says.