By Gian Estrada
Publication Date: 2026-10-11 07:00:00
Nvidia (NVDA) is in early talks to either deepen its investment in Reflection AI or buy the startup outright, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, October 10, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Nvidia already has $800 million in Reflection. A deal could land within weeks, though the FT says the talks could still fall apart.
Three ways this could go
- Full acquisition: the cleanest route, and the one most likely to trigger a lengthy regulatory review
- Acqui-hire: Nvidia hires Reflection’s staff and licenses its technology without buying the company
- Bigger stake: another equity check, or more chips and computing power
- Reflection declined to comment, and Reuters said it couldn’t verify the report
Nvidia can cover this easily
Reflection CEO Misha Laskin told CNBC in April that the startup was raising at a $25 billion pre-money valuation. That’s the last price tag on the company.
Nvidia generated about $127 billion in free cash flow over the past four quarters. A $25 billion check is about 20% of that, or roughly 10 weeks of cash generation.
At July 26, Nvidia held $56.6 billion in cash, cash equivalents and marketable debt securities. A hypothetical $25 billion purchase would leave about $31.6 billion of that balance, before other spending. No acquisition price has been reported.
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