edwards-lifesciences x nvidia

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in [Irvine, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine,_California), specializing in tissue heart valves and transcatheter technologies for structural heart disease. Founded by Miles Lowell Edwards in 1958, the company invented the first successful artificial heart valve (the Starr-Edwards valve) and pioneered transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with its [SAPIEN 3](https://www.edwards.com) platform. The company is listed on the NYSE (EW) and is an S&P 500 component.

World leader in accelerated computing and AI (NASDAQ: NVDA). In physical AI, NVIDIA develops the Isaac robotics platform: the GR00T open foundation model, Jetson edge compute (AGX Thor), Isaac Lab and Isaac Sim simulation environments, and Omniverse. NVIDIA positions itself as the platform layer for the humanoid industry. Developer of [GR00T N1](/brains/gr00t-n1), the first open humanoid foundation model.