Nvidia reportedly negotiating to acquire Reflection AI, Financial Times says
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Nvidia is reportedly negotiating to acquire Reflection AI or deepen its relationship with the company, the Financial Times says, citing sources with direct knowledge. The talks are reportedly at an early stage, and a deal could be completed in the coming weeks, although neither side has commented. Options reportedly include a full acquisition, another investment, exclusive supply of advanced chips, or hiring Reflection’s team while licensing its technology. The Financial Times estimates Reflection AI’s valuation at about $25 billion.
Reflection develops open-weight models whose trained parameters can be downloaded, adapted and run on a user’s own hardware. The company works with the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Energy and has agreements to develop models for allied countries such as South Korea. Reflection says its Beam model is comparable to Z.ai’s GLM-5.2; SCMP says it is approaching Qwen 3.8 Max. Nvidia already offers open models such as Nemotron, but would still be seeking a frontier model.
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If confirmed, the talks could combine Nvidia’s position in chips with Reflection AI’s open-weight models, but their early stage and the range of options leave the outcome uncertain. The potential deal would also involve a company that works with U.S. defense and energy agencies and with allied countries, according to the summary.
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