财大气粗的老黄，又要出手了！ 为了将200多位顶尖AI人才纳入麾下，英伟达被曝拟用20~30亿美金收购一家以色列AI初创公司。 是的你没听错，又是为了"人"而收购一家公司，老黄最近属实把"雇佣式收购"玩到飞起。 这家公司名为AI21 Labs，是以色列为数不多的自主研发大语言模型的公司，其联创还曾创办了明星自动驾驶公司Mobileye（Mobileye被收购后成了英特 尔副总裁）。 它在2023年的估值约为14亿美金，至今年年初，英伟达和谷歌还领投了一轮3亿美元融资，不过据悉其估值和2023年相比提升不大。 但不管怎样，一旦这笔交易达成，英伟达将为每位人才支付的隐性成本大约为1000万~1500万美元。 只能说，在全球AI人才普遍"身价暴涨"的当下，也就手握600多亿美元现金的英伟达敢如此"豪横"了。 话不多说，咱这就扒一扒老黄将要收购的这家公司到底是何方"神圣"？ 谁是AI21 Labs？ AI21 Labs成立于2017年，至今也快10年了。 和大多数明星创业公司一样，它也拥有一支豪华的创始团队。 三位联创分别为：董事长Amnon Shashua、联合CEO Ori Goshen、联合CEO Yoav S ...

Group 1 - Nvidia is reportedly planning to acquire Israeli AI startup AI21 Labs for $2-3 billion to recruit over 200 top AI talents [1][2][40] - AI21 Labs, founded in 2017, specializes in developing large language models and has a strong founding team with notable backgrounds in AI and technology [3][7][27] - The company's valuation in 2023 is approximately $1.4 billion, with a recent funding round led by Nvidia and Google raising $300 million [4][6] Group 2 - The acquisition reflects Nvidia's strategy of "talent acquisition" rather than traditional business mergers, allowing it to bypass strict regulations on business monopolies [41][42] - AI21 Labs has developed its own models, including the Jurassic series and the recently launched Jamba, which is an open-source large model [28][29] - The partnership between Nvidia and AI21 Labs aims to combine Nvidia's computational infrastructure with AI21's application solutions, enhancing enterprise-level generative AI deployment [36][50] Group 3 - Nvidia's recent acquisitions, including Groq, demonstrate a pattern of acquiring companies primarily for their talent rather than their technology [43][45] - The acquisition of AI21 Labs is expected to further solidify Nvidia's strategic position in Israel, integrating hardware, software, and AI applications [50][51] - Nvidia's ambition extends beyond being a chip company, as it seeks to control the entire AI industry chain through strategic acquisitions [52][54]