Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress

The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents.

Nvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud
Nvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud

Nvidia wants self-driving cars to explain themselves. The company has released Alpamayo 2 Super, an open AI model for robotaxis that does not just plan a route but reasons about why, and it is now available for commercial use. The model is Nvidia’s pit…

Huawei scientist says Nvidia will soon hit the same chip wall
Huawei scientist says Nvidia will soon hit the same chip wall

One of the Chinese company’s top scientists has warned that Nvidia will soon run into the same physical limit on chip performance that Huawei says is reshaping the whole industry, according to Bloomberg. The argument is less a boast than a bet on where…

Sequoia leads $1 billion round for Valar Atomics as the nuclear startup triples its valuation to $6 billion
Sequoia leads $1 billion round for Valar Atomics as the nuclear startup triples its valuation to $6 billion

Sequoia Capital led a $1 billion Series B for Valar Atomics, valuing the nuclear startup at $6 billion. That is three times the $2 billion valuation from its earlier round just months ago. Atreides Management, Point72, and Snowpoint Ventures also parti…

Nvidia’s real moat was never the chips. AI has started rewriting it.
Nvidia’s real moat was never the chips. AI has started rewriting it.

The usual story about Nvidia is a hardware story: the fastest chips, in the shortest supply, at the highest price. The more important part is software. For two decades the company’s real moat has been CUDA. It is the layer that turns its silicon into s…

AMD is apparently gearing up to raise GPU prices right after Nvidia’s steep hike

AMD has reportedly told AIB partners about a minimum 10% hike planned for GPU and memory bundles later this month, following in the footsteps of Nvidia.

The chips that wire GPUs together are the new prize. Xsight raised $300m to sell an open one.
The chips that wire GPUs together are the new prize. Xsight raised $300m to sell an open one.

The AI boom made GPUs famous. The dull chips that wire thousands of those GPUs together are quietly becoming just as valuable. Xsight Labs, an Israeli chipmaker, has raised more than $300 million at a $2.8 billion valuation, it said on Thursday. Fideli…

Your next Nvidia GPU could cost up to 30% more, and AI is to blame

That dream RTX upgrade may be slipping further out of reach as AI keeps driving GPU prices higher.

Nvidia’s RTX 50 GPUs are about to cost nearly double what you paid at launch

Nvidia’s RTX 50-series graphics cards are reportedly getting steep price increases, with the RTX 5090 potentially climbing to nearly $3,843 from its $1,999 launch price.

Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP
Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP

Best Buy has raised the price of the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC to $2,099 – the first time a major US retailer is directly selling an RTX 5080 for more than the $1,999 MSRP of the RTX 5090, VideoCardz reports. The ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC now costs 40 percent more than its […]