[NVIDIA Participates in Vast Data's New Funding Round, Valuation Rises to $30 Billion] According to Golden Finance, on April 23, artificial intelligence startup Vast Data announced on Wednesday that it had completed a $1 billion funding round, bringing the company's valuation to $30 billion, with NVIDIA among the investors. Founded in 2016, Vast focuses on providing large-scale data management software infrastructure for AI applications and has pioneered the DASE architecture. The company stated that its technology supports computational projects involving millions of GPUs, with clients including CoreWeave, Mistral, the U.S. Air Force, and Cursor, among others. This latest funding round has more than tripled Vast's valuation compared to its $9.1 billion valuation during its 2023 funding round. The funding reflects the rapidly growing demand for next-generation data infrastructure architectures as the development and deployment of general artificial intelligence systems accelerate.