Nvidia is acquiring Israeli AI company Run:AI for up to $1 billion. The company, which specializes in GPU management, is the next piece of the puzzle for Nvidia.

Nvidia formalizes its acquisition of Run:AI with a press release and a Post on X. The announcement does not mention a purchase price, but Nvidia had to spend many millions of dollars on the takeover of the Israeli company. According to TechCrunch, the sum is $700 million, other sources even speak of a billion dollars.

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Run:AI specializes in infrastructure management. It built an open source platform on Kubernetes for AI orchestration. This platform enables “slicing” and dynamic distribution of available GPUs across workloads. Because demand for GPUs often exceeds supply, companies can increase the efficiency of available infrastructure.

Nvidia sees the platform as an interesting addition to its own DGX platform. The AI ​​specialist wants one Single substance for GPU management. In the press release, Nvidia promises “not to change Run:AI’s business model in the near future.”

Takeover after takeover

With Run:AI in its ranks, Nvidia continues to expand its AI empire with acquisition after acquisition, increasingly covering the entire AI stack. Nvidia is known to the general public for its GPUs, but it also invests heavily in software to manage this infrastructure, as well as in the development of models and applications.

This year alone, Nvidia has made 12 acquisitions, and the year is still young. Nvidia appears to be on track to break its 2023 acquisition count (40). The company clearly has no intention of resting on its laurels and consolidating its AI dominance while competitors join forces. A takeover didn’t work out for Nvidia: The company had to abandon the takeover of Arm Holdings because the regulatory authorities didn’t want to cooperate. If this takeover had been successful, the rest would have been allowed to take hold.