Nvidia acquires Poolside AI's model factory for $6B
eliebakouch · x · 2026-08-21
Nvidia acquired Poolside AI's "model factory" business and a significant number of researchers for $6 billion. Poolside had developed Laguna S, a 118B parameter Mixture-of-Experts model that outperformed Thinking Machines' 1T parameter open weights model. Following the acquisition, Poolside's founders remain with the company, leading to speculation that the remaining business may pivot to become a neocloud/compute provider. The move highlights Nvidia's focus on securing top-tier model training capabilities.
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