Nvidia unveils investments in five more UK startups

US-based NVIDIA, a leading chipmaker in AI infrastructure, has announced planned minority investments in four French startups: Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI, and Pigment. These companies aim to tackle challenges in healthcare, materials discovery, physical AI, and business planning. NVIDIA's CEO, Jensen Huang, emphasized that these investments will help launch Europe's AI revolution, signaling a major commitment to the European technology ecosystem.

The €9 billion investment in Europe's AI ecosystem includes past investments in Alice&Bob, Gradium, and Scintil Photonics. The four new French startups were selected for their innovative solutions to pressing issues.

Doctolib, a healthcare technology firm in Levallois-Perret, France, creates agents that help healthcare professionals deliver better care and provide patients with a digital health companion. Entalpic, based in Paris, focuses on creating advanced materials at the atomic scale, particularly for surfaces and interfaces in semiconductor manufacturing and next-generation electronics.

Genesis AI, a global robotics company, develops general-purpose robots with frontier intelligence and capabilities through data collection systems and robot hardware. Pigment, a Paris-based enterprise software company, creates a planning platform to help businesses forecast performance, model scenarios, and make decisions across various departments.

These investments underscore France's growing position as Europe's leading hub for AI technology companies, with significant progress in scaling AI companies driven by major AI action summits and compute commitments. NVIDIA's open Nemotron models are already in production for French organizations that require sovereign, trustworthy data, while French AI startup Mistral recently introduced Mistral Large 4, showcasing state-of-the-art open weight performance across various sectors.

With the NVIDIA GTC Berlin event scheduled for October 21, 2026, the announcement highlights Europe's growing influence in the AI ecosystem, presenting a viable alternative to the currently US and China-led landscape.