AMD Acquires Nod.ai

NVIDIA Acquires OctoAI

September 25, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

NVIDIA has acquired Seattle-based OctoAI, a startup that provides tooling and infrastructure to build and run generative AI models. The deal — reported at roughly $165 million before adjustments and with potential incentives that could push consideration higher — brings OctoAI's ML compiler and model-serving technology and team into NVIDIA to bolster its AI infrastructure offerings.

AMD Acquires MK1

November 11, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

AMD has completed the acquisition of MK1, a Mountain View, California-based AI startup focused on high-speed inference and reasoning technologies. MK1’s Flywheel and comprehension engine technologies—optimized for AMD Instinct GPUs and reportedly processing over one trillion tokens per day—will integrate into the AMD Artificial Intelligence Group to strengthen the company’s enterprise AI inference and reasoning capabilities.

AMD Acquires Enosemi

May 29, 2025

Manufacturing

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has acquired Enosemi, a Silicon Valley photonics startup, to accelerate development of silicon photonics and co‑packaged optics technologies for next‑generation AI systems. The deal extends AMD’s existing partnership with Enosemi and brings the startup’s team and IP into AMD to scale optical interconnect and photonics capabilities across data center and AI system architectures; terms were not disclosed.

Nvidia Acquires CentML

June 27, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Nvidia has acquired Toronto-based AI startup CentML, including its technology, employees and customers. Several CentML co-founders and at least 15 engineers have joined Nvidia and CentML will cease operations, with its subscription AI-optimization services being discontinued.

AMD Acquires Brium to Strengthen Open AI Software Ecosystem

June 4, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has acquired Brium, a small team of compiler and AI software experts, to accelerate its open AI software stack and improve model execution and inference optimization for AMD Instinct GPUs. The deal brings domain-specific compiler and model-execution expertise to AMD to expand performance, reduce developer hardware dependencies, and broaden AMD’s reach into industries such as healthcare, life sciences, finance and manufacturing.

DataRobot Acquires Agnostiq

February 10, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

DataRobot has acquired Agnostiq, the developer of the open-source distributed computing platform Covalent, to accelerate development and deployment of agentic AI applications through advanced compute orchestration and optimization. The acquisition brings Covalent's multi-cloud, multi-infrastructure orchestration capabilities and open-source community into DataRobot to reduce AI infrastructure complexity and costs and enable scalable agentic AI across heterogeneous compute environments.