--- title: Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT... description: Nvidia is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Reflection AI, the open-weight model startup behind the Beam model, or to deepen its existing $800m... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports | daily.dev og:description: Nvidia is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Reflection AI, the open-weight model startup behind the Beam model, or to deepen its existing $800m... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2wSsJ6h92.png og:image:alt: Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nvidia is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Reflection AI, the open-weight model startup behind the Beam model, or to deepen its existing $800m investment, according to the Financial Times. Options under discussion include an acqui-hire to bypass lengthy antitrust review, supplying more chips, or increasing its equity stake. Reflection, founded in 2024 by former DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, has compute deals with SpaceX and Nebius. This follows Nvidia's recent $12.93bn Hugging Face acquisition and a Groq licensing deal now under DOJ antitrust investigation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Nvidia trying to buy Reflection AI? Nvidia is reportedly in early-stage talks to either acquire Reflection AI or deepen its existing investment, according to the Financial Times, which cited people with direct knowledge of the matter. Options include an acqui-hire where Nvidia hires staff and licenses technology without buying the company outright, supplying more chips, or raising its stake beyond the $800m already invested. The talks could still fall apart. _daily.dev readers tracking AI infrastructure consolidation can follow how these acquisition talks unfold._ ### What is Reflection AI's Beam model? Beam is Reflection AI's first open-weight model, released on October 5, aimed at coding and agent tasks. Reflection was founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, and has signed compute deals with SpaceX and cloud provider Nebius to support its model development and deployment. _Developers evaluating open-weight coding models can keep up with new entrants like Beam via daily.dev._ ### Why would Nvidia do an acqui-hire instead of a full acquisition of an AI startup? An acqui-hire lets Nvidia hire a startup's staff and license its technology instead of buying the company outright, which can avoid a lengthy regulatory review. This structure is one option reportedly being considered for Reflection AI, alongside simply increasing Nvidia's investment stake or supplying more compute, following scrutiny Nvidia already faces over its Groq licensing deal from the Justice Department. _Engineers curious how AI chip giants structure deals to dodge antitrust review can track the pattern on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceX Reflection AI deal: $6.3bn for compute](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-reflection-ai-deal-6-3bn-for-compute-frwyd0nkg) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-inks-compute-deal-with-reflection-ai-an-open-source-ai-lab-d0swkbz1s) · TechCrunch · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia Just Paid $20 Billion for a Company That Missed Its Revenue Target by 75%](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-just-paid-20-billion-for-a-company-that-missed-its-revenue-target-by-75--7l3tqza3g) · Hacker News · 5 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92"},"datePublished":"2026-10-12T08:36:01.896Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T08:36:53.454Z","description":"Nvidia is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Reflection AI, the open-weight model startup behind the Beam model, or to deepen its existing $800m...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d582e754861bf4f4cc6980a3229ae9fe?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d582e754861bf4f4cc6980a3229ae9fe?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,business,nvidia","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nvidia in talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, FT reports"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-reflection-ai-or-invest-more-ft-reports-2wssj6h92#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is Nvidia trying to buy Reflection AI?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Nvidia is reportedly in early-stage talks to either acquire Reflection AI or deepen its existing investment, according to the Financial Times, which cited people with direct knowledge of the matter. 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