Nvidia Acquires Run:ai for $700M, Will Open Source Software

Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, an AI software company specializing in GPU orchestration. The deal, reportedly costing around $700 million, marks Nvidia's continued push into the AI software space. Run:ai's Role and Nvidia's Vertical Integration Run:ai, founded in 2018, develops software to efficiently organize groups of GPUs, particularly Nvidia GPUs. This acquisition aligns with Nvidia's goal of vertical integration, complementing its dominant hardware position with software offerings. While Nvidia already possesses closed-source CUDA software, Run:ai's open-source approach will provide an interesting contrast. Run:ai's founders, Omri Geller and Ronen Dar, stated that the company will remain true to its "open-platform philosophy" even as part of Nvidia. "True to our open-platform philosophy, as part of NVIDIA, we will keep empowering AI teams with the freedom to choose the tools, platforms, and frameworks that best suit their need…