Nvidia Reportedly Spending $6B on Poolside to Build Top Open-Source Model
Nvidia is reportedly acquiring Poolside for $6 billion to build the world's most powerful open-weights AI model, challenging DeepSeek and Kimi. The move aligns with Nvidia's long-term strategy of spreading open-source models and agents to serve the long tail of companies.
2026-08-28 ~ 2026-08-30 · 2 related posts
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