Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615M in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
Nebius acquires inference optimization startup Eigen AI for $615M, strengthening its position as an AI infrastructure provider by adding chip-level performance tuning for inference workloads.
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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-01/nebius-agrees-to-buy-startup-that-makes-ai-run-faster-cheaper"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260501/i5.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260501/p5#a260501p5" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Dina Bass / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-01/nebius-agrees-to-buy-startup-that-makes-ai-run-faster-cheaper">Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615M in stock and cash</a></b></span> — Cloud computing provider Nebius Group NV agreed to buy Eigen AI, a startup that boosts the performance of chips used … </p>
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