Leading Chipmakers’ Startup Investment Activity and Trends: Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia (pre-order)

March 2021 | 23 pages | ID: L3664EFB1E33EN
Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC)

Abstracts

Driven by rapid advancement of AI technology and applications, computing demand from data centers and edge servers has been on the rise. The development of AI algorithms has led to explosive growth of startups engaged in emerging IC technology and application services. While continuing to improve their R&D capabilities, leading IC vendors have also aggressively invested in chip technology and applications with strong growth potential as part of their strategy to enhance technology and expand product applications. This report analyzes the startup investment strategies of leading international IC vendors, including Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia, to identify current trends in IC technologies and applications.

Contents

1.INTEL'S MAJOR STARTUP INVESTMENT

1.1 Xsight Labs
1.2 ZeroFOX
1.3 SambaNova Systems
1.4 Horizon Robotics
1.5 Exo Imaging

2. QUALCOMM'S MAJOR STARTUP INVESTMENT

2.1 Cloudflare
2.2 Zoom
2.3 TytoCare
2.4 SentinelOne

3. NVIDIA'S MAJOR STARTUP INVESTMENT

3.1 Deepgram
3.2 H2O.ai
3.3 SoundHound Inc.

4.MIC PERSPECTIVE

APPENDIX

LIST OF COMPANIES

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Intel Capital's Startup Investment between 2016 and 2020
Table 2 Qualcomm's Startup Investment between 2016 and 2020
Table 3 NVIDIA GPU Ventures' Startup Investment between 2016 and 2020

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Startup investment of Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia between 2016-2020, touching on their investment reasons/strategies
Investment of Intel in target startups, such as Xsight Labs, ZeroFOX, SambaNova Systems, Horizon Robotics, and Exo Image
Investment of Qualcomm in startups such as Cloudflare, Zoom, TytoCre, and SentinelOne
Investment of Nvidia in startups such as Deepgram, H2O.ai, and SoundHound Inc.