If Nvidia proceeds with the takeover, the transaction will be a part of Nvidia's increasingly aggressive investments across the AI ecosystem that spans from hardware to models to software. Last week, Nvidia agreed to pay $6 billion to license development technology from open-model developer Poolside and offered jobs to more than 100 employees. Nvidia also acquired Groq, Enfabrica, Essential AI, Illumex, and Kumo AI, just to name some.
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logainofhades They can afford to do this, but not offer products at a reasonable price. Yea, I know supply and demand are a thing, but given the record profits companies are making, it's more of a greed thing, imo. Reply
wussupi83 logainofhades said: They can afford to do this, but not offer products at a reasonable price. Yea, I know supply and demand are a thing, but given the record profits companies are making, it's more of a greed thing, imo. Yeah..Company who has pivoted away from catering to the average PC enthusiast buying one of the best AI model resources. This doesn't feel like a W. Reply
alan.campbell99 Just when I thought Jensen had run out of middle fingers to give. Reply
usertests wussupi83 said: Yeah..Company who has pivoted away from catering to the average PC enthusiast buying one of the best AI model resources. This doesn't feel like a W. I can't imagine an acquisition will be good for Hugging Face users, but I guess we'll see. It should be easy to replace them. Reply
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