Nvidia → Poolside: $6B acquisition
Nvidia pays $6 billion for Poolside's technology. According to a letter to investors, Nvidia pays $6 billion for a non-exclusive license and part of the team: the same structure used with Groq.
This deal is 5% of everything Nvidia pays and 600% of everything Poolside receives in this database.
- Date
- Aug 20, 2026
- Paid by
Nvidia- Received by
Poolside- Type
- Acquisition
- Amount
- $6B
- Status
- reported
- Note
- non-exclusive license + hires (reported)
Sources
Press coverage
- Aug 24, 2026 Forbes Nvidia Pays Poolside $6 Billion To License Its Model Factory And Workers
- Aug 24, 2026 Yahoo Finance Nvidia Fires a $7 Billion Warning Shot at OpenAI, DeepSeek and Kimi With Poolside Deal: Report (UPDATED)
- Oct 19, 2026 Globe and Mail NVIDIA Deal Highlights Value of Tiny's Early Poolside Investment
All deals between Nvidia and Poolside
- Oct 30, 2025 Nvidia → Poolside · Nvidia ready to invest up to $1 billion in Poolside $1B
- Aug 20, 2026 Nvidia → Poolside · Nvidia pays $6 billion for Poolside's technology $6B
- Aug 20, 2026 Nvidia → Poolside · Nvidia invests $1 billion in Poolside $1B
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