"Our investments will not change our focus or impact supply to our other customers--we will continue to make every customer a top priority, with or without any equity stake," an Nvidia spokesperson told Toms Hardware in a statement. But that hasn't stopped those same companies from looking for alternative sources lest Nvidia itself become a bottleneck, through chip supply issues or granting favour to one company over another. Other major chip firms like Nvidia competitor AMD do offer their own AI hardware. Nvidia's recent investment and pseudo-takeover of GPU networking hardware firm Enfabrica also smacks of Nvidia shoring up its near-monopoly in the AI hardware space. Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.