Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed that AlexNet, an AI model, inspired the company to invest in autonomous vehicles.AlexNet achieved significant success in 2012 for image recognition, leading to a resurgence of interest in deep learning.The success of AlexNet motivated Nvidia to focus on building self-driving cars for over a decade.Nvidia has partnerships with several automakers, uses its technology in various aspects of autonomous vehicles, and is embedded in the industry.