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

Yuchen Jin (@yuchenj_uw), X, 2026-10-11.
Source: https://x.com/yuchenj_uw/status/2109118926936580276

## 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._

## Archived text

> 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.

Archived 2026-10-12 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 96,535 views, 1,861 likes, 86 reposts, 80 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-10-10: [FT: Nvidia in early talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, possibly as an acquihire to avoid antitrust review](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-10-nvidia-talks-acquire-reflection-ai/)

## People in this post

- [Jensen Huang](https://postcutoff.com/person/jensen-huang/), Founder, president and CEO, NVIDIA