Nvidia in Talks to Buy Reflection AI: Why a $25 Billion Model Bet Is Really About Selling Chips

Nvidia has already put about $800 million into Reflection AI. Now it is reportedly in talks to buy the open-weight startup outright, or hire its team and license its technology instead. Either way, this is less about Nvidia becoming a model company and more about making sure the next generation of open AI runs on Nvidia chips. The structure of the deal will tell you which risk Nvidia fears most, and an answer could come within weeks.