Nvidia plans to acquire Lepton AI
13:46, 28.03.2025
From insider information, it became known that Nvidia plans to enter the server rental market. At the moment, negotiations are ongoing regarding the agreement for the purchase of Lepton AI. As for the sum of the deal, according to unconfirmed information, it could be hundreds of millions of dollars.
Short background on Lepton AI
Lepton AI operates in the server rental market and is powered by Nvidia AI chips. The company was founded just 2 years ago and has raised $11 million in seed funding from Fusion Fund and CRV.
Apart from Lepton AI, another big player in this market is Together AI, which was also founded relatively recently and has raised over $500 millions in investment for its startup.
Last week, Nvidia acquired Gretel, a San Diego-based startup that works with synthetic data.