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Nvidia plans open-weight AI model via Poolside deal to rival Chinese models

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Nvidia is reportedly using its $6B deal with Poolside to build an open-weight AI model competing with Chinese models like DeepSeek and Kimi. Separately, Mistral released Small 3.2 24B, an open-weight model fitting one workstation GPU.

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  1. 2026-08-23 03:30 · Techmeme
    Sources: Nvidia plans to use its $6B deal with Poolside to build an open-weight AI model to compete with Chinese models like DeepSeek and Kimi (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

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