A top Nvidia partner says the hiring of Howard Wright—a former NBA player—as Nvidia’s vice president of startup ecosystem is a ‘byproduct of the amount of well-funded [generative AI] startups’ entering the space and reflects the importance of those companies to the AI chip giant. Nvidia has hired Amazon Web Services executive and former NBA […]
Uber, Khosla, Nvidia invest in autonomous trucking startup Waabi
Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi. Courtesy: Waabi Autonomous trucking startup Waabi announced Tuesday it has raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by existing investors Uber and Khosla Ventures. Waabi’s latest funding round also includes Nvidia, a new investor in the company, as well as Porsche and the venture capital […]
Nvidia Backs UK Self-Driving Startup Wayve in $1 Billion Round
Nvidia Backs UK Self-Driving Startup Wayve in $1 Billion Round – US chipmaker Nvidia Corp. is investing in Wayve Technologies Ltd., joining a $1.05 billion funding round for the UK startup that wants to get its autonomous-driving technology into cars. The raise — one of the largest ever for a European artificial intelligence company — […]
Nvidia Backs UK Self-Driving Startup Wayve in $1 Billion Round
(Bloomberg) — US chipmaker Nvidia Corp. is investing in Wayve Technologies Ltd., joining a $1.05 billion funding round for the UK startup that wants to get its autonomous-driving technology into cars. The raise — one of the largest ever for a European artificial intelligence company — was led by SoftBank Group Corp., with existing investor […]