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How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race

Vox

Today, Nvidia’s four main markets are gaming, professional visualization (like 3D design), data centers, and the automotive industry, as it provides chips that train self-driving technology. “Nvidia has long talked about the fact that GPUs are a superior technology for handling accelerated computing.” Now it has over 27,000.

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Rivian goes public in one of the biggest IPOs ever

The Verge

That gave Rivian an overall valuation of nearly $80 billion and helped it net $12 billion in fresh cash, despite the fact that it only just recently started to make and ship its first electric pickup trucks. Electric vehicle startup Rivian is now a publicly traded company after executing one of the biggest initial public offerings in history.