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Nebius Auction-Goers Howl For Blackwell, Throwing Cash

Nebius auction-goers bid aggressively for Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs, driving prices higher amid surging AI-agent demand that keeps compute scarce and expensive despite expanding capacity and efficiency gains, according to Forbes contributor John Werner.

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Nebius Auction-Goers Howl For Blackwell, Throwing Cash
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By John Werner, ContributorSource:

Forbes InnovationSurging AI-agent demand keeps Nvidiacomputescarce and expensive despite expanding capacity and efficiency gains.Get AI news in your inbox

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