NVIDIA
Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA is the world's most valuable company ($4.4T market cap) and dominant force in AI computing hardware with 92% discrete GPU market share. Through NVentures (est. 2021), its corporate venture arm, NVIDIA has invested in over 100 AI startups across 2024–2025 alone, participating in nearly 67 deals in 2025. Notable investments include Poolside ($500M round), Lambda ($480M), Black Forest Labs ($300M), AI21 Labs ($300M), and Skild AI ($135M). NVentures also made strategic quantum computing bets in QuEra, Quantinuum, and PsiQuantum. Beyond capital, NVIDIA offers portfolio companies technical collaboration, go-to-market support, and access to its global developer ecosystem.
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Wayve
HiringWayve is a London-based autonomous driving company pioneering an AI-first approach to self-driving vehicles. Rather than relying on detailed 3D maps and hand-coded rules, Wayve uses end-to-end deep learning so its AI driver learns directly from camera data and real-world driving experience. The company has partnered with major automakers and logistics firms to bring its technology to production vehicles. Backed by SoftBank, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Uber, Wayve closed a landmark $1.05B Series C in 2024, the largest ever AI funding round by a European company at the time, and has been in discussions for a potential $2B follow-on round.
PhysicsX
PhysicsX was founded in 2020 in London by Robin Tuluie and Jacomo Corbo, both veterans of elite motorsport engineering. Tuluie previously led R&D at the Mercedes and Renault (Alpine) Formula 1 teams and served as Vehicle Technology Director at Bentley, while Corbo co-founded QuantumBlack (later acquired by McKinsey) and worked as a Formula 1 chief race strategist. The company builds an AI-native simulation platform that embeds physics neural operators directly into engineering workflows, predicting how products will behave in seconds rather than the hours or days traditional simulation demands. PhysicsX serves aerospace and defence, semiconductors, automotive, materials, and energy customers, and has partnered with Siemens and NVIDIA on data centre power infrastructure. The company has raised more than $450M to date, including a $135M Series B led by Atomico in 2025 and a £225M Series C led by Temasek and M&G Investments in 2026.