Nvidia Makes Waves With Poolside Deal, AI Investments Nvidia (NVDA) signed a $6 billion licensing deal with AI startup Poolside to build a powerful open-weight AI model and is considering an investment in AI service provider Perplexity, according to Investor's Business Daily. Nvidia stock fell Monday following the news. AI chip leader Nvidia NVDA is bucking up its capabilities in artificial intelligence software with a major licensing deal with AI startup Poolside and a possible investment in AI service provider Perplexity. Nvidia stock fell Monday. Late last week, news broke that Nvidia had signed a $6 billion licensing deal with Poolside to build a powerful open-weight AI model to… Nvidia Makes Waves With Poolside Deal, AI Investments Copyright ©2026 Investor's Business Daily, LLC. All rights reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8