Nvidia in Early Talks to Acquire Reflection AI, Open-Weight Startup Behind Beam
Nvidia is talking about buying its way into the open-weight model game. The chipmaker is in early discussions to deepen its investment in Reflection AI — or acquire the startup outright — the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The talks come just five days after Reflection introduced Beam, its first open-weight model, and underscore how aggressively Nvidia is moving beyond selling GPUs into owning the software stack that runs on them. Nvidia has already poured $800 million into the startup as a major strategic backer, according to the FT. ...