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Nvidia reportedly plans $6B Poolside deal to build open-weight AI model competing with DeepSeek and Kimi
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According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Nvidia intends to use its $6B partnership with startup Poolside to develop an open-weight AI model aimed at competing with Chinese models including DeepSeek and Kimi.
If accurate, this marks Nvidia moving beyond selling compute infrastructure into directly funding and developing open-weight models, a space where Chinese labs have been prominent. Engineers who rely on open-weight models for local deployment would gain a U.S.-backed alternative, though the story is unconfirmed and carried by only one feed.
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Nvidia's reported $6B deal with startup Poolside would fund an open-weight AI model, according to unnamed sources cited by the Wall Street Journal.
The model is intended to compete with Chinese open-weight offerings including DeepSeek and Kimi, as part of a broader effort to build an open AI ecosystem in the U.S.
Only one feed carried this story, and no official confirmation from Nvidia or Poolside is referenced in the available material.
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