Nvidia in talks to acquire US 'open' model startup Reflection AI
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A hardware giant circling an “open” model shop is another data point that openness is becoming a go-to-market strategy, not a governance guarantee. Teams standardizing on open weights should track how many end up effectively vertically integrated with major chip or cloud vendors.
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