People pronounce 'Nvidia' in 2 different ways. Only one is correct.
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- Nvidia is the world's most important stock at the moment — but some people still don't know how to pronounce it.
- While some people pronounce it "Nuh-Vidia," the correct pronunciation is "en-VID-eeyah."
- Nvidia's name, inspired by the Latin word 'invidia,' reflects its founders' hope to evoke envy.
Nvidia just released the most important earnings report of the year.
But despite dominating headlines and being at the forefront of conversation, some people still don't know how to pronounce the company's name.
The mispronunciation of Nvidia highlights its meteoric rise from a gaming graphics card manufacturer to a global AI powerhouse that people can't stop talking about.
While Nvidia shares took a dip in after-hours trading after the company's earnings on Wednesday, Nvidia's strong second-quarter performance and expected growth demonstrated that it will remain in the spotlight — so now might be a good time to learn its name.
Luckily, Nvidia cleared the confusion on its website and explained the proper pronunciation. We're sorry to tell you but if you're one of the people calling the tech giant "Nuh-vidia," you've been saying it wrong.
The proper pronunciation of Nvidia is "en-VID-eeyah," according to the company's website.
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Founded by CEO Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem in 1993, the chipmaker's name actually came from its lack of a name, Fortune previously reported. While the trio focused on developing the company, they put its title on the back burner and named files "NV" as an abbreviation for the "next version."
The three eventually decided on NVision before realizing the name was taken by a toilet paper manufacturing company, according to a report from The New Yorker. Finally, Huang suggested the chipmaker's current name, a spinoff of the word "invidia," which means envy in Latin, the report said.
Huang and the founders reportedly had dreams of creating a product that would make rivals, "green with envy." With a nearly $3 trillion market cap and a long line of tech giants and startups angling for its latest AI chips, it sounds like that vision has come to fruition.
Check out the below video to hear Huang pronounce the name at Nvidia's 2024 keynote.