Nvidia to pay $6B for Poolside's AI model-building tech

Nvidia is acquiring Poolside's "Model Factory" software for building AI models, paying $6 billion. The deal brings 109 Poolside employees to Nvidia.

Why it matters: The acquisition extends Nvidia's reach beyond chips into the software used to build AI models, deepening its position across the AI stack. It also reflects a broader wave of large compute providers absorbing model-building startups rather than just supplying them with hardware.