Nvidia Backs Five UK Startups and Four French Firms in European AI Push
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced investments in five UK startups at a London event, hours after the company unveiled stakes in four French companies.
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Nvidia is planning new investments in five UK startups, CEO Jensen Huang announced at a London event, Tech.eu reported.
The chipmaker is backing AI drug discovery startup Boltz, infrastructure predictor Foresight, AI logistics planning startup Hiverge, AI biology startup Prima Mente and quantum computing startup Riverlane. Nvidia is understood to be taking a minority stake in each of the five companies.
The firm's existing UK investments include Basecamp Research, Ineffable Intelligence, Synthesia and Wayve.
The UK announcement came just hours after Nvidia said it was investing in four French startups: healthtech Doctolib, AI startup Entalpic, robotics startup Genesis AI and enterprise software company Pigment. The company also announced a $250m compute donation to UK AI safety and research.
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