Sources: Nvidia plans to use its $6B deal with Poolside to build an open-weight AI model to compete with Chinese models like DeepSeek and Kimi (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-is-spending-6-billion-to-build-a-powerful-u-s-alternative-to-chinese-ai-c51c38cc?st=2n7vVW&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260822/i16.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260822/p16#a260822p16" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Robbie Whelan / <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-is-spending-6-billion-to-build-a-powerful-u-s-alternative-to-chinese-ai-c51c38cc?st=2n7vVW&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Sources: Nvidia plans to use its $6B deal with Poolside to build an open-weight AI model to compete with Chinese models like DeepSeek and Kimi</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A sweeping agreement with startup Poolside aims to build an open AI ecosystem in the U.S. to compete with Chinese heavyweights and American AI giants</p>