The Justice Department is investigating whether Nvidia structured its Groq deal to avoid antitrust review
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Regulators probing whether Nvidia’s Groq licensing deal skirted antitrust review shows AI chip dominance is now a live competition-policy target. If you’re building on a single GPU vendor, expect more scrutiny, slower deals, and potentially new constraints on exclusive arrangements over the next cycle.
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