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5 min readNvidia’s open-source land grab, a cyber warning with a hidden motive, and two hardware startups that prove the value of making it real
The biggest story this week isn’t Nvidia’s blowout earnings quarter—it’s Jensen Huang’s aggressive move to become America’s open-source AI champion. Over the course of a few days, Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, made a $6 billion-plus deal to absorb Poolside’s engineering team and its coding model Laguna, and signaled a strategy that could directly threaten the most profitable parts of Anthropic and OpenAI’s businesses. Meanwhile, an open letter from 100 AI companies warning about imminent cyberattacks may be less about public service and more about getting ahead of a hack the industry knows is coming.
The open letter was a preemptive move
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What you'll learn
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- 2 (00:00) **Nvidia's Hugging Face and Poolside Acquisitions** - The biggest story of the year: Nvidia's plan to dominate open source AI and developer tools
- 3 (01:49) **AI Cyber Threat Open Letter** - Over 100 companies sign a warning about imminent AI-enabled cyber attacks
- 4 (03:04) **Media Deconstruction of the Cyber Letter** - Why now? Analyzing the timing and motives behind the coordinated announcement
- 5 (10:56) **Why Frontier Models Enable Unprecedented Hacking** - The fundamental problem: AI tools can hack at infinite scale and intelligence
- 6 (14:27) **The Tobacco Industry Analogy** - Comparing Frontier model companies to Big Tobacco denying nicotine addiction
- 7 (19:31) **Interview: Craig Piggett, Founder/CEO of Halter** - Livestock management technology with virtual fencing collars for cattle
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Show Notes
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Today's show:
*Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, just days after quietly licensing Poolside's coding model for $6 billion+. On TWiST, Jason lays out why this is actually the biggest AI story of the year. Nvidia plans to offer enterprises unmetered, unlimited on-prem compute, pulling them away from reliance on Anthropic and OpenAI's frontier models and products.
PLUS we're chatting with Halter founder & CEO Craig Piggott about how his company helps farmers optimize their land use via solar-powered AI-driven cattle collars. AND Hop Aero CEO and co-founder Matija Milenovic shows us Rook, his autonomous hypersonic cargo rocket that can launch from a shipping container and deliver cargo up to 450 miles away in about 15 minutes. Finally, Jason and Lon explain why you never post Slop on the timeline.
Guests:
Craig Piggott on X: https://x.com/craig_piggott
Halter: https://www.halterhq.com/
Matija Milenovic on X: https://x.com/mat_milenovic
Hop Aero: https://hopaero.com/
Relevant Links:
OpenAI Open Letter: https://openai.com/collective-cyberdefense/
OpenAI Hugging Face report: https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/
OpenAI Jalapeño report: https://openai.com/index/jalapeno-first-results/
Dario Amodei-Gavin Baker tweet thread: https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762
TechCrunch: Nvidia-Hugging Face deal: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/
TechCrunch coverage of Halter: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/04/unpacking-peter-thiels-big-bet-on-solar-powered-cow-collars/
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