Meet Mark Stevens: The billionaire VC, Nvidia board member, and Giving Pledge signer who just donated $200 million to USC

As Big Tech competes to win the AI race, America’s top universities are also clamoring for the best resources to study and research the technology. And the University of Southern California just got a massive bet from one of the country’s most prominent venture capitalists to place them squarely in the competition.

On Tuesday, USC announced Mark Stevens, a billionaire venture capitalist, Nvidia board member, and Giving Pledge signer, and his wife, Mary, are donating an eye-popping $200...