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Nvidia speeds up development of world-class open-weight model to compete with China

Nvidia is accelerating efforts to lead technological advances in open-weight models. It recently signed a $6 billion licensing deal with coding AI startup Poolside that includes hiring most of its engineers, and will also invest $1 billion at a $12 billion pre-money valuation. The Wall Street Journal reported Nvidia will use Poolside to speed development of a world-class open-weight model to compete with Chinese AI companies.