Nvidia's $5B SSI Investment Fails to Lift Stock Amid Semiconductor Weakness

Nvidia's reported $5 billion investment in Safe Superintelligence (SSI) has failed to lift NVDA stock, which fell as much as 5.3% amid a broader semiconductor selloff and China's progress in domestic chipmaking.

The investment adds to Nvidia's growing portfolio of AI startup investments, including OpenAI, Nebius, CoreWeave, IREN, and other companies building the infrastructure that powers large-scale model training and deployment.

SSI co-founder and CEO Ilya Sutskever said that having access to a big NVIDIA computer will allow them to scale up their research. Beyond funding, SSI will also gain access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform.