Nvidia breaks its own investment record with 50 venture capital deals in 2025, pouring billions into AI giants like OpenAI and xAI while expanding across autonomous vehicles, robotics, and data centers as the chipmaker leverages booming AI profits to dominate the tech ecosystem.
Nvidia unveils revolutionary gigawatt 'AI factories' featuring 100% liquid-cooled Vera Rubin architecture launching in 2027, while Meta and Oracle adopt Nvidia's Spectrum-X networking standard that delivers 95% faster data speeds for AI supercomputers.
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing raises $290M to revolutionize AI with small language models that slash energy consumption by 84% while running on regular CPUs instead of power-hungry GPUs, challenging Big Tech's wasteful approach as data centers devour increasing amounts of electricity.
OpenAI signs massive $300 billion five-year cloud infrastructure deal with Oracle despite posting $5 billion loss in 2024, as ChatGPT reaches 800 million weekly users and companies plan joint deployment of 10 gigawatts of custom AI processors.
OpenAI partners with Broadcom to build 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips starting late next year, sending Broadcom stock soaring nearly 10% as the deal helps reduce compute costs and brings OpenAI's total compute commitments to 33 gigawatts across multiple chip partnerships.
Anduril Industries secures major U.S. Army contract to deploy 100 AI-powered EagleEye combat helmets by Q2 2026, replacing Microsoft's failed IVAS program that caused soldier headaches and nausea with advanced AR glasses, thermal vision, and rifle integration technology.
AMD and OpenAI announce a massive partnership deal where OpenAI commits to deploying 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs starting in 2026, with AMD issuing warrants for up to 160 million shares and expecting tens of billions in revenue from the strategic alliance.
Broadcom stock rockets 10% as the chipmaker secures a massive partnership with OpenAI to design custom AI chips worth an estimated $40 billion annually starting in 2026, validating surging demand for specialized semiconductors in the artificial intelligence boom.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley declares OpenAI Apple's first real competitor in decades as the iPhone maker struggles with AI innovation, while ex-design chief Jony Ive joins the ChatGPT creator through a $6 billion startup acquisition, potentially revolutionizing AI hardware design.
Nvidia's new Blackwell chips crush competitors in breakthrough AI benchmark measuring real-world efficiency, with the company claiming $5 million systems can generate $75 million in revenue while tech giants AMD, Google, and AWS race to break Nvidia's stranglehold on AI infrastructure.