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Zephyr: ‘Nvidia will compete head on with the frontier labs now’

Zephyr @zephyr_z9X

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Most-viewed reaction (about 265k views) to the FT report that Nvidia may acquire Reflection AI; opinion, not sourced.

Summary

Posted Oct 10, 2026 (18:51 UTC), quoting @negligible_cap’s headline post on the FT report. Hardware commentator @zephyr_z9 writes: ‘It’s pretty clear that Nvidia will compete head on with the frontier labs now. Jensen is pissed because labs are developing their own ASICs and undercutting Nvidia’. Commentary; the claim about Jensen Huang’s motives is the author’s reading.

Metrics read 2026-10-12 via api.fxtwitter.com: 264,647 views, 3,696 likes, 139 reposts.

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It’s pretty clear that Nvidia will compete head on with the frontier labs now Jensen is pissed because labs are developing their own ASICs and undercutting Nvidia

Quoting @negligible_cap: *NVIDIA IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE REFLECTION AI: FT

What’re the odds reflection can reach the frontier with near bottomless compute? Net negative for OpenAI and Anthropic in the long run I’d imagine

Jensen’s also already invested $800m into Reflection

Source: x.com/zephyr_z9/status/2108993851059048703Archived 2026-10-12 via fxtwitter (unofficial).Counts: 264,687 views, 3,696 likes, 139 reposts, 88 replies (at fetch time)

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    FT: Nvidia in early talks to buy Reflection AI or invest more, possibly as an acquihire to avoid antitrust review

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Jensen Huang, Founder, president and CEO, NVIDIA