Sega's $5M Saved Nvidia in 1996, Company Says
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- Sega invested $5 million in Nvidia in 1996, and Nvidia has now publicly thanked Sega for a bet it says "changed history," with coverage noting the investment saved the chipmaker (Kotaku, TweakTown)
- Nvidia and Sega are collaborating on RTX Spark, bringing Virtua Fighter and other Sega titles to the platform (TweakTown)
Why it matters: The $5 million Sega wrote Nvidia in 1996 — highlighted as the check that saved the company — shows Nvidia's near-death origin story, while the current RTX Spark deal means Sega has gone from emergency investor to active product partner with the chipmaker.
