Nvidia Eyes Reflection AI in Open-Weights Acquihire Play

The chip giant is reportedly in talks to acquire or invest further in US open-weights startup Reflection AI, with antitrust shaping the structure.

Nvidia is in talks to acquire or invest more heavily in Reflection AI, a US open-weights AI startup, according to @wesjh_. The research notes the deal may be structured as an acquihire specifically to avoid antitrust scrutiny — a now-familiar pattern in which the most strategically sensitive AI deals get dressed as talent-and-licensing arrangements rather than outright acquisitions.

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