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Nvidia is to invest $3 billion in Meta as the two technology giants deepen their AI partnership, CNBC reports. Meta has also announced plans to raise $95 billion to support investment in AI infrastructure.
Why it mattersThe investment is a concrete sign of how much money and cooperation are gathering around the computing needed for AI. The $95 billion figure is Meta’s announced fundraising plan, not the size of Nvidia’s investment; two very different sums, despite sharing a headline.
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NVIDIA Watch Update What changedThe expanded Nvidia-Meta collaboration is tied to Meta’s Muse AI models and agents. TokenPost says the companies plan to optimise Muse training and inference on Nvidia infrastructure, aiming to improve performance and lower total ownership costs.
Meta also plans broader deployment of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform, Vera CPU, Spectrum-X Ethernet and BlueField-4 systems, according to TokenPost. BigGo Finance additionally says the companies will evaluate Nvidia’s OpenShell reference architecture and Sentry tool for monitoring agent behaviour.
The financing details are larger than the initial headline suggests: TokenPost says Meta priced $25 billion in common stock and plans $12.5 billion in mandatory convertible preferred shares, alongside a separate $60 billion at-the-market programme expected to begin in the first quarter of 2027.
Sources and evidence
- Nvidia to Invest $3 Billion in New Meta Shares as Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg Team Up on AI Agent Muse - BigGo Finance: TokenPost reports that Nvidia and Meta’s expanded partnership includes optimising Muse training and inference on Nvidia infrastructure, with wider Nvidia system deployment planned; it also reports non-binding interest from Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom in up to $5 billion combined in Meta common stock.
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NVIDIA Watch Update What changedCNBC says Nvidia has participated in 121 investment rounds so far in 2026, citing Dealroom data. That compares with 13 rounds in 2022.
The report names OpenAI, Anthropic, Intel and xAI among the companies Nvidia has invested in. It adds a wider view of Nvidia’s investment activity beyond its newly announced commitment to Meta.
The figures describe rounds participated in, not the value of Nvidia’s investments or the amount it has put into each company. Even so, the jump from 13 to 121 gives useful context for the scale of its activity around the AI boom.
Sources and evidence
- Nvidia to invest $3 billion in Meta as tech giants deepen AI partnership - CNBC: CNBC reports, citing Dealroom, that Nvidia participated in 121 investment rounds so far in 2026, compared with 13 in 2022, and names OpenAI, Anthropic, Intel and xAI among its investments.
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NVIDIA Watch Update What changedCNBC says Meta plans to raise $35 billion through underwritten public equity offerings, followed by another $60 billion through an at-the-market programme. That adds detail to the fundraising plan already noted in the story about Nvidia’s $3 billion investment in Meta.
The report also says AMD and Broadcom were interested in buying up to $5 billion in shares. It does not say either company has committed to make a purchase.
For a deal already drawing attention to Nvidia’s growing role in Meta’s AI infrastructure, the possible involvement of two other chipmakers adds a useful wrinkle: the financing may draw interest beyond the main partnership.
Sources and evidence
- Nvidia to invest $3 billion in Meta as tech giants deepen AI partnership - CNBC: CNBC reports that Meta plans $35 billion in underwritten public equity offerings followed by a $60 billion at-the-market programme, and that AMD and Broadcom were interested in purchasing up to $5 billion in shares.
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