Nvidia continues to be a significant investor within the AI ecosystem, committing greater than $40 billion to fairness investments in AI corporations — and that’s simply in these early months of 2026, according to CNBC.
A lot of that complete comes from a single guess, a $30 billion investment in OpenAI. However CNBC reviews that the chipmaker has additionally introduced seven multi-billion greenback investments in publicly traded corporations, most not too long ago offers to take a position as much as $3.2 billion in glassmaker Corning and as much as $2.1 billion in knowledge middle operator IREN.
We’ve beforehand rounded up Nvidia’s investments in AI startups, together with 67 enterprise offers in 2025. And based on FactSet knowledge, it’s already participated in round two dozen funding rounds in non-public startups in 2026.
The truth that Nvidia has been investing in a few of its personal clients has led to the recurring criticism that these are circular deals shifting cash back-and-forth between the identical corporations.
Wedbush Securities analyst Matthew Bryson mentioned Nvidia’s investments fall “squarely into the round funding theme,” however prompt that if profitable, they may assist the corporate construct a “aggressive moat.”
