
《金融时报》于周六援引知情人士的话报道称,英伟达(Nvidia)正在洽谈收购美国开源权重模型开发商Reflection AI或对其进行更多投资。TNW尚未独立核实该报道。
Nvidia is in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more in the US open-weight model developer, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. TNW has not independently verified the report.
据《金融时报》报道,谈判尚处于早期阶段,仍有可能破裂。该报称,双方可能会在未来几周内达成协议。这篇报道由阿拉什·马苏迪(Arash Massoudi)、乔治·哈蒙德(George Hammond)、迈克尔·阿克顿(Michael Acton)和乔治·斯蒂尔(George Steer)共同撰写。
The talks are at an early stage and could still fall apart, according to the FT. The two sides could reach an agreement in the coming weeks, the paper said. Arash Massoudi, George Hammond, Michael Acton and George Steer wrote the report.
《金融时报》报道称,交易可以采取多种形式,其中一种选项是通过收购进行人才吸纳。英伟达将聘用Reflection的员工并为其技术授权,而不是直接收购该公司。这条途径可以避免漫长的监管审查。
An acqui-hire is one option A deal could take several forms, the FT reported. One is a so-called acqui-hire. Nvidia would hire Reflection’s staff and license its technology instead of buying the company outright. That route could avoid a lengthy regulatory review.
其他选项包括向这家初创公司供应更多芯片或提高英伟达的持股比例。《金融时报》报道称,英伟达已经向Reflection投资了8亿美元。
Other options include supplying the startup with more chips or raising Nvidia’s stake. Nvidia has already invested $800m in Reflection, the FT reported.
据《金融时报》报道,特朗普政府希望Reflection能够与深度求索(DeepSeek)等廉价的中国开源模型相抗衡。
The Trump administration hopes Reflection will rival cheap Chinese open models such as DeepSeek, according to the FT.
彭博社独立报道称,一名知情人士透露,英伟达正与Reflection洽谈增加投资或为其提供算力。该知情人士表示,讨论尚处于早期阶段,双方尚未就条款达成一致。
Bloomberg reported separately that Nvidia is in talks to boost its investment in Reflection or offer it computing power, citing a person familiar with the matter. The discussions are early and the two sides have not agreed terms, that person said.
几周后,曾同为谷歌DeepMind研究员的米沙·拉斯金(Misha Laskin)和约尼斯·安东诺格卢(Ioannis Antonoglou)于2024年创立了Reflection。10月5日,该公司发布了其首个模型Beam,这是一个旨在用于编程和智能体任务的开源权重模型。
Weeks after Beam Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, both former Google DeepMind researchers, founded Reflection in 2024. On 5 October it released its first model, Beam, an open-weight model aimed at coding and agent tasks.
这家初创公司还与埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)旗下的SpaceX以及云服务商Nebius签署了算力协议。
The startup has also signed compute deals with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and cloud provider Nebius.
英伟达的其他交易 9月份,英伟达同意以129.3亿美元收购Hugging Face。它还与芯片初创公司Groq达成了一项授权协议,Groq的首席执行官和首席运营官随后加入了英伟达。
Nvidia’s other deals In September, Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93bn. It also struck a licensing deal with the chip startup Groq, whose chief executive and chief operating officer joined Nvidia.
《纽约时报》9月份报道称,美国司法部正在调查Groq交易。该部门正在核实英伟达是否通过架构设计来规避反垄断审查。英伟达发言人对《纽约时报》表示,Groq交易展现了“按设计运作的美国体制”。
The Justice Department is investigating the Groq deal, The New York Times reported in September. It is checking whether Nvidia structured the deal to avoid antitrust review. An Nvidia spokesman told the Times that the Groq deal showed “the American system working as designed”.