Yuchen Jin: Nvidia ‘is assembling these neolabs to train the US best open-source models’

Yuchen Jin @yuchenj_uw11 October 2026X

Why it matters

Widely shared framing (about 96k views) of Nvidia’s Reflection AI talks as part of a run of deals: Hugging Face, Poolside, Essential AI.

Summary

Posted Oct 11, 2026 (03:08 UTC). ‘Nvidia bought Hugging Face, acqui-hired Poolside and Essential AI. and is now eyeing Reflection AI. Jensen is assembling these neolabs to train the US best open-source models. Love it.’ Commentary by Yuchen Jin; the list of deals is his summary and was not re-checked against each deal’s terms here.

Metrics read 2026-10-12 via api.fxtwitter.com: 96,475 views, 1,861 likes, 86 reposts.

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Nvidia bought Hugging Face, acqui-hired Poolside and Essential AI.

and is now eyeing Reflection AI.

Jensen is assembling these neolabs to train the US best open-source models. Love it.

Source: x.com/yuchenj_uw/status/2109118926936580276Archived 2026-10-12 via fxtwitter (unofficial).Counts: 96,535 views, 1,861 likes, 86 reposts, 80 replies (at fetch time)

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