Nvidia invested over $40 billion in AI companies in 2026, including $30B in OpenAI and $2B in CoreWeave, financing the ecosystem that buys its GPUs.

Nvidia is using its powerful balance sheet to help more companies buy its expensive AI chips, and possibly make some money back too. It’s promising to financially backstop young…

Nvidia is increasingly acting like a central bank for AI startups, actively shaping the compute market.