6 September 2026
Nvidia acquires major open source AI software company
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- Nvidia, the chipmaker behind many AI systems, completed its second-largest acquisition ever to expand beyond hardware into software.
- CEO Jensen Huang stated the company would keep the acquired software open and accessible to the broader developer community.
- The move positions Nvidia to offer both the chips that run AI models and the software tools developers use to build them.
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MindstreamAdam Biddlecombe
Nvidia's second-largest acquisition expands its footprint from chips into open source AI software, with CEO Jensen Huang promising to maintain openness to the wider developer community.