VentureBeat August 2, 2021
Dean Takahashi

Nvidia is tracking more than 8,500 AI startups through its Inception AI startup program. Those companies have raised more than $60 billion in funding and come from 90 countries, Nvidia said.

Based on estimates from market researcher Pitchbook, the Nvidia numbers represent roughly two-thirds of all AI startups. Overall, Nvidia believes there are about 12,000 AI startups in the world.

“It’s a good picture of the landscape,” said Serge Lemonde, global head of Nvidia Inception, in an interview with VentureBeat.

The definition of an “AI company” is changing, as companies across industries are adopting AI, and new uses of AI are emerging with the adoption of deep learning neural networks. The Inception companies now include more than high-performance computing, graphics,...

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