section_path: Inception Program
section_name: Inception Program
paragraph_text: Inception Program
  
  Nvidia's Inception Program was created to support startups making exceptional advances in the fields of artificial intelligence and data science. Award winners are announced at Nvidia's GTC Conference. In May 2017, the program had 1,300 companies. As of March 2018, there were 2,800 startups in the Inception Program. As of August 2021, the program has surpassed 8,500 members in 90 countries, with cumulative funding of US$60 billion.