Nvidia to invest $6 billion to build U.S. open-weight AI model alternative to China’s DeepSeek, Kimi K3, and Qwen - Tech Startups
Nvidia to invest $6 billion to build U.S. open-weight AI model alternative to China’s DeepSeek, Kimi K3, and Qwen - Tech Startups
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Nvidia to invest $6 billion to build U.S. open-weight AI model alternative to China’s DeepSeek, Kimi K3, and Qwen
Daniel Levi
Posted On August 24, 2026
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Nvidia is committing roughly $6 billion to a sweeping deal with AI startup Poolside, aiming to build one of the most capable U.S.
open-weight AI models
yet and challenge China’s growing lead in downloadable models from DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Alibaba’s Qwen.
The deal marks a significant shift for Nvidia. The company that became the backbone of the AI boom by selling GPUs is moving deeper into the model layer, backing an American open-weight contender with its money, computing infrastructure, and engineering resources.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia’s agreement with Poolside includes about $1 billion invested in the startup, access to its technology, and the transfer of more than 100 Poolside engineers to Nvidia’s Nemotron model effort. Poolside’s founders are expected to remain at the startup rather than join Nvidia.
“Nvidia is planning to use a $6 billion deal it struck this week to build one of the world’s most powerful open-weight AI models, one that would compete with Chinese heavyweights like DeepSeek and Kimi K3,” the Wall Street Journal
reported
, citing people familiar with the matter.
That puts the scale of Nvidia’s ambitions into perspective. This is bigger than another strategic investment in an AI startup. Nvidia appears to be assembling the technology, talent, and infras