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Nvidia

AI chip maker whose GPUs underpin military targeting systems worldwide

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#15 18 Sept
#16 16 Sept
#15 8 Sept

Supplied the Grace Hopper Superchips inside Arrhenius

European Tech Sovereignty: Third EuroHPC machine, no European chip
#15 31 Aug
#14 26 Aug

Disclosed MoUs for independent GPU-buyer financing platforms

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: NVIDIA lines up $500bn for buyers
#13 11 Aug

Received a pre-funded warrant over 21,065,396 Nebius Class A shares

Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Auditors could not count Nebius's assets
#14 4 Aug

Supplied 1,008 GB200 NVL4 accelerators for the system

European Tech Sovereignty: €80m buys European hands, US silicon
#14 3 Aug
#18 20 Jul
#12 20 Jul

Partnered separately with CuspAI on chipmaking-materials discovery

UK Startups and Innovation: CuspAI names 45 partners for lab access
#12 15 Jul
#12 7 Jul
#9 25 Jun
#8 8 Jun
#6 28 May

Entered UK deeptech via NVentures' Series B participation

UK Startups and Innovation: Orbital's $50m raise has no UK lead
#7 26 May
#11 20 May

Reported $81.6B revenue and grew headcount 17% to 42,000 on 20 May

AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Nvidia adds 6,000 staff as rivals cut
#97 14 May

Named in Commerce clearance permitting sales to 10 Chinese firms

Iran Conflict 2026: Commerce signs Nvidia clearance as summit's sole Iran-free deliverable
#5 13 May
#3 28 Apr
#2 23 Apr
#6 17 Apr

Supplied Jetson Orin modules found in Russia's V2U autonomous UAS

Drones: Industry & Defence: CSIS: Russia's AI drones run mostly on US chips
#6 17 Apr
Reported on→RRussia
“supplied chip module used by”
Drones: Industry & Defence · source event
#6 7 Apr
Partnered with←AAnthropic
“admitted to glasswing”
AI: Jobs, Power & Money · source event
#6 1 Apr

Named by Iran in the same targeting video as Stargate UAE

AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Iran names Stargate AI centres as targets
#1 30 Mar
#1 30 Mar
Acquired by←MAMistral AI
“purchased gpu hardware at scale”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#13 11 Mar
Invested in→NNebius
“purchased warrant”
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash · source event
#1 1 Mar
Invested in→NNscale
“participated in round of”
UK Startups and Innovation · source event