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title: "Nvidia Negotiates $25B Reflection AI Deal to Avoid Antitrust"
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summary: "Nvidia is in early talks to acquire Reflection AI in a $25 billion deal that may involve an acqui-hire to avoid full merger review, according to the Financial Times. Reflection AI, founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, launched its first open-weight model Beam to compete with Chinese rivals like GLM-5.2. Nvidia has already invested $800 million in the startup, and a deal could be reached within weeks."
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# Nvidia Negotiates $25B Reflection AI Deal to Avoid Antitrust

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**Published:** 2026-10-10T21:25:13.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** nvidia, regulation, funding

## Summary

Nvidia is in early talks to acquire Reflection AI in a $25 billion deal that may involve an acqui\-hire to avoid full merger review, according to the Financial Times\. Reflection AI, founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, launched its first open\-weight model Beam to compete with Chinese rivals like GLM\-5\.2\. Nvidia has already invested $800 million in the startup, and a deal could be reached within weeks\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/nvidia-negotiates-25b-reflection-ai-deal-to-avoid-antitrust-d51537de>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Techmeme/status/2108998394131914782>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/2109001476614066415>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/benitoz/status/2108989124845998340>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/jukan05/status/2109021803041665496>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/business/status/2108998539950846010>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Kalshi_Finance/status/2108987981818466734>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/frontier_foid/status/2109003671417790722>)