NVIDIA: $700 million acquisition of Run:ai further solidifies AI industry position

Recently, NVIDIA announced on Twitter(X): "To help customers more effectively leverage AI computing resources, we have reached a final agreement to acquire Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider."

According to a knowledgeable source, the exact acquisition price is $700 million (approximately 5.082 billion RMB).

Run:ai, an Israeli startup, operates under the domain name Run.ai and specializes in developing software for managing artificial intelligence (AI) computing resources.

This acquisition marks NVIDIA's second-largest acquisition in Israel, following its $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies in March 2019.

Upon completion of the acquisition, Run:ai's employees will join NVIDIA's local research and development center in Israel, collaborating with over 30,000 existing NVIDIA employees to advance the company's technology in the field of artificial intelligence.

The debut of ChatGPT at the end of 2022 sparked a surge of interest in artificial intelligence, helping NVIDIA become one of the wealthiest companies in the world. The AI sector will continue to generate significant wealth for more companies in the future, and .ai domains related to artificial intelligence will become a cornerstone driving the development of the AI industry.