Nvidia's free AI model Nemotron 4 could pull the UAE closer to the U.S.

Nvidia is preparing to release a free open model, expected to be called Nemotron 4, aimed at buyers already running its hardware, especially the UAE with its 400,000-chip data center. The company paid $7 billion for a stake in Poolside and agreed to buy Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion to boost adoption of its model over Chinese and Meta alternatives.

• Nvidia spent $7 billion on a stake in Poolside and licensed its tools
• Nemotron 4 is due by the end of the year for free download
• The UAE's flagship data center will run on 400,000 Nvidia chips
• Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for almost $13 billion