** Shares of Serve Robotics SERV.O surge ~80% premarket to
$4.74 after Nvidia NVDA.O disclosed investment in the co
** NVDA said in SEC filing late Thurs it bought 62,500
shares of automatic sidewalk delivery firm for $4/sh in Jul 2023
** In Apr, NVDA invested in co again, converting a
promissory note into ~1.1 mln shares at $2.42 a piece
** NVDA owns ~3.7 mln SERV shares for ~10% stake
** SERV made its public debut in Mar under the OTCQB Venture
Market, and then uplisted to Nasdaq Capital Market in Apr upon
pricing of $40 mln public offering at $4
** Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies UBER.N has ~14%
stake in SERV, per LSEG data, and is also a strategic partner
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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