Nvidia Poolside deal to compete with Chinese Open Weights
Summary
Nvidia has made a substantial investment and licensing deal with Poolside, involving a $1 billion investment and $6 billion payment, with over 100 engineers joining Nvidia to work on Nemotron.
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