Which three companies is NVIDIA most likely to acquire by the end of 2026? Include a probability estimate for each potential acquisition and the main factors influencing NVIDIA's decision.
Gray smoke — a verdict was reached, with dissent.
The Answer
NVIDIA is most likely to pursue Ayar Labs (~15%), Anyscale (Ray) (~10%), and a software tuck-in in the inference optimization or compiler layer (~10%) by the end of 2026.
Who Deliberated
5 of 6 advocates deliberated.
Kimi K2.6 was unavailable during this round.
The Reasoning
Closing positions — one sentence per speaker (free tier)
Notable challenges
The Panel
GPT-5
DeepSeek R1
Claude Opus 4.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Grok 4