Nvidia agreed a $6 billion licensing deal for coding models from the start-up Poolside and offered jobs to more than 100 of its staff, according to a Bloomberg report on 20 August 2026. Poolside's investor letter says it sold distribution rights after failing to raise the money needed for a large computing cluster. The commentary frames the deal against falling model prices and rising use of freely available open-weight models.

• $6 billion licensing deal
• 100+ Poolside staff hired
• open-weight share 33% to 54% at Vercel
• GPT-5.6 Sol price cut over 20%