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According to Semiconductor-Today, Coherent announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce to secure up to $50 million in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand advanced manufacturing capacity for AI photonic chips.
According to the latest 13F filing, as of the end of Q1 2026, NVIDIA’s proprietary investment portfolio held stocks with a total market value of approximately $18.374 billion—significantly up from $13 billion at the end of 2025. The portfolio is highly concentrated in AI-ecosystem-related names (semiconductors, cloud computing infrastructure, EDA, optics, networking, and biopharmaceuticals). Notably, in Q1, NVIDIA increased its stake in CoreWeave by 94.5% to approximately 47.21 million shares, raising the holding’s value by roughly $1.78 billion. It also initiated new positions in Coherent Corp. (approximately 7.8 million shares) and Generate Biomedicines (approximately 833,000 shares). Intel remains NVIDIA’s largest holding, with over 214.7 million shares. This reflects Jensen Huang’s strategic initiative to support the entire AI ecosystem—from chips and cloud computing to networking, photonics, and drug discovery.