By Ana Maria Constantin
Publication Date: 2026-10-08 15:02:00
Quantum computing, healthcare and energy security are the fields Nvidia wants to strengthen with commitments it values at $1 billion. The money will be spread over the next five years.
The company announced the commitments on Thursday at the Science: A New Golden Age event in Washington, DC. US officials, industry leaders and members of the science community attended.
The Nvidia $1 billion has three uses. It will support university research and fund US quantum computing. It will also back cloud providers that serve government needs. Nvidia does not say how the money splits between them.
“President Trump’s Genesis Mission is launching a new golden age of American discovery,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and chief executive, said in a statement. “With a $1 billion investment, NVIDIA is putting advanced Super Intelligence in the hands of America’s scientists to accelerate breakthroughs in medicine, energy and materials. This is how America turns scientific leadership into industrial leadership, and innovation into jobs and opportunity for generations.”
Phase 2 of the Genesis Mission
Nvidia said the US Office of Science and Technology Policy marked the expansion of the Genesis Mission at the event. The Energy Department leads the programme, which an executive order set up in November 2025. Nvidia calls itself a leading industry partner.
Nvidia also collaborates on a number of the phase 2 Genesis Mission awards announced there. The…
