Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) is considering acquiring the OctoAI startup for $165 million to boost its software and cloud computing services.
According to the Information, which cites shareholders' messages, the startup sells software designed to enhance the efficiency of artificial intelligence models.
OctoAI raised $132 million from investors, including Tiger Global, which was valued at $900 million in 2021.
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In March, OctoAI tapped Nvidia to usher in optimized generative AI models for enterprises.
OctoAI integrated NVIDIA NIM (which refers to inference microservices for accelerating the deployment of foundation models on any cloud or data center) into its generative AI platform to serve customer use cases, including language and image generation. Additionally, developers could experiment with inference-optimized models.
Nvidia is up 163% in the last 12 months, as its Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) remain indispensable to Big Techs like Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Google parent Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) dream of accomplishing its AI ambitions.
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang voiced his conviction in the AI frenzy, expecting hyper-scale customers to produce $5 in rental revenue for every $1 spent on Nvidia's infrastructure.
Some significant hyper-scaler collaborations by Nvidia include Amazon and Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL), which BofA Securities analyst Justin Post expects will unlock significant cloud opportunities.
Price Action: NVDA stock is up 1.02% to $116.77 at the last check on Wednesday.
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英偉達公司(納斯達克股票代碼:NVDA)正考慮以1.65億美元收購OctoAI初創公司,以提升其軟件和雲計算服務。
根據The Information消息,該初創公司銷售的軟件旨在提高人工智能模型的效率。
OctoAI從投資者那裏籌集了1.32億美元,其中包括Tiger Global,該公司在2021年的估值爲0.9億美元。
此外閱讀:貝萊德、微軟等公司聯合籌集300億美元的人工智能基金:幫助美國推動「人工智能創新與經濟增長」。
今年3月,OctoAI選擇了英偉達來推動企業優化的生成式人工智能模型。
OctoAI將英偉達的NIm(即用於加快在任何雲或數據中心上部署基礎模型的推斷微服務)整合到其生成式人工智能平台中,以滿足客戶的使用需求,包括語言和圖像生成。此外,開發人員可以嘗試使用推斷優化模型。
英偉達在過去12個月中上漲了163%,由於其圖形處理單元(GPU)對於微軟(納斯達克股票代碼:MSFT)、亞馬遜公司(納斯達克股票代碼:AMZN)和谷歌母公司Alphabet Inc(納斯達克股票代碼:GOOG)(納斯達克股票代碼:GOOGL)等大型科技公司的人工智能雄心是不可或缺的。
英偉達首席執行官黃仁勳對人工智能的狂熱表示了信心,他預計超大規模客戶每花1美元在英偉達的基礎設施上可以帶來5美元的租金收入。
英偉達與亞馬遜和甲骨文公司(紐交所:ORCL)進行了一些重要的超大規模合作,美國銀行證券(BofA Securities)分析師Justin Post預計這將帶來重大的雲機會。
股票走勢:英偉達股票上漲1.02%,報收於116.77美元,最新數據來自週三。
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