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StartupsCA / Silicon Valley·Ranked Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Nvidia Throws Its Support Behind OpenAI, Open AI, and… Super-Closed AI?
Nvidia backs OpenAI, open-source AI, and Ilya Sutskever startup.

The chip giant is backing open-source AI and OpenAI, and a super secretive AI startup led by OpenAI scientist Ilya Sutskever.
AI score breakdown
#29 that day2.80/ 10
Technology breakthrough · weight 30%2/10
Economic impact · weight 25%4/10
Job impact · weight 20%1/10
Regional relevance · weight 15%6/10
Policy & geopolitics · weight 10%1/10
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