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Nvidia’s Web of AI Investments 3/31/26

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CNBC

Faang, Business, Cnbc, Management, Investing, Disruptors, Tech, Technology

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos reports the latest news surrounding Nvidia and its $2 billion investment in Marvell Technology.

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0:00.0

NVIDIA with yet another investment in a key industry player.

0:03.6

Christina Portsenevelas has that for today's tech check segment.

0:07.0

Christina, another big investment here for NVIDIA.

0:09.2

Very big. The list keeps growing. The checks keep growing.

0:11.6

The chip maker is putting $2 billion into Marvell technology, and that's why you're seeing

0:15.8

Marvell shares up over 8% on the news.

0:17.9

The deal really centers on NVIDIA's platform and lets custom chips plug into its infrastructure.

0:23.3

Marvell designs those custom AI chips for major companies like Amazon.

0:27.1

They actually compete with Nvidia's GPUs, graphic processing units,

0:30.9

but this partnership kind of flips that dynamic, giving Nvidia a shot at a much bigger market.

0:36.3

As the CEO, Jensen Wong, told us exclusively this morning.

0:39.4

Listen in.

0:41.2

Together, we'll be able to address the customers whether they would like to use all

0:45.2

Nvidia gear or they would like to augment our Nvidia gear with their specialized processors.

0:51.6

And together, we'll be able to address a much, much larger TAM.

0:56.3

And TAM being total addressable market.

0:58.0

Marvell is just the latest, though.

0:59.8

This month alone, InVIA has committed $2 billion each to Nebius, Lumenum, coherent.

1:04.7

Before that, $2 billion into synopsis, a billion into Nokia, stakes in XAI, Open AI, and Intel.

1:11.4

So why are the massive spending spree?

1:13.8

Well, Nvidia isn't just selling chips anymore.

1:15.6

The CEO often reminds investors at every event that it's not a chip company,

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