NVIDIA Is AI's Central Bank: A100 Paper Citations Still Beat H100+H200 Combined
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-09
From the State of AI 2026 report series: NVIDIA is likened to AI's central bank, with reach beyond its newest chips. Six years after launch, the A100 still gets more AI-paper citations than the H100 and H200 combined (projected 14,707 in 2026). NVIDIA participated in 84 AI funding rounds this year, roughly double 2024. Model estimates put returns on $17.3B invested across 8 Western challengers at 3.6x, versus 4.7x for NVIDIA itself.
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