Nvidia announced on Aug 11, 2026 that it signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone,...
Nvidia announced on Aug 11, 2026 that it signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent compute financing platforms mobilizing over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure.
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Nvidia announced on Aug 11, 2026 that it signed memorandums of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent compute financing platforms mobilizing over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure. This is a structural change in how Nvidia monetizes its compute: instead of selling chips project-by-project, it is enabling customers to finance AI factories as long-lived, investable assets.
The official press release on HPCwire quotes CEO Jensen Huang: "NVIDIA has reached an important milestone. We began by building chips; today, we are helping create a new class of productive, investable infrastructure: AI factories." The Nvidia blog adds that H100 rental prices rose from ~$1.70 to ~$2.35 per GPU-hour between Oct 2025 and Mar 2026, and B200 cloud rates range from $5.30 to $7.05 per GPU-hour, supporting the asset-class thesis.
Market reaction was skeptical — shares fell as much as 3.2% — with SCMP reporting concerns about "circular nature" of such agreements. CNBC highlights depreciation risk and China's potential price war as key threats: "Depreciation is the one key risk here," said portfolio manager Ben Emons, and investors may demand 11%–17% yields. Still, the financing platform directly expands the addressable market for Nvidia GPUs by giving credit-constrained AI labs and neoclouds access to capital.
Separately, the same week Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, its first open-source model since Jensen Huang's X debut, reinforcing the developer ecosystem moat.
If even a fraction of the $500B converts to real orders, the impact on Nvidia's demand curve is upward. Expect announcements of specific financed projects over the next 1-2 quarters.
What the sources said:
- "NVIDIA has reached an important milestone. We began by building chips; today, we are helping create a new class of productive, investable infrastructure: AI factories." — Jensen Huang via HPCwire
- "The AI buildout will require unprecedented investment and a skilled workforce to turn that investment into the infrastructure that will help power future growth." — Larry Fink via HPCwire
- "Nvidia's shares fell by as much as 3.2 per cent." — SCMP
- "Depreciation is the one key risk here... Nvidia chips could depreciate faster than expected." — Ben Emons via CNBC
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“Nvidia to team with Wall Street on US$500 billion package for AI infrastructure projects Apollo Global Management, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among the firms in talks with Nvidia on the deal, the Financial Times reported...”
“China’s top AI is still trained on Nvidia chips. What is delaying a switch to local tech? High transition costs are keeping AI developers in China reliant on Nvidia chips, industry sources say While domestic hardware...”
- https://stratechery.com/2026/nvidias-risky-business/
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-teams-up-with-financial-giants-to-create-usd500-billion-ai-infrastructure-funds-six-investment-firms-to-enable-access-to-long-term-funding-at-attractive-rates
- https://www.nextplatform.com/ai/2026/08/11/nvidia-drives-bang-for-the-buck-with-new-genai-model-and-router/5286365
“We announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to establish independent financing platforms designed to mobilize over $500 billion of third-party capital to support the buildout of AI infrastructure over time. This...”
“The open source ecosystem is making it easier for AI enthusiasts and developers to build, customize and run increasingly capable agents locally. Throughout August, NVIDIA is celebrating the partners and open source communities moving local AI...”
“As AI shifts from chatbots to autonomous agents, open models are serving market demands for full control over where AI runs and how it’s deployed and evolves. Today, NVIDIA is expanding its Nemotron 3 model family...”
“Video is a core data path across NVIDIA Jetson applications, from robotics and intelligent video analytics to industrial automation, healthcare, media processing, and remote operations. A system may capture several cameras, decode network streams, run AI...”
“Long-running AI agents spend most of their time on high-volume execution: tool calls, result validation, and subagent delegation. Using a frontier reasoning model for every execution step adds cost and latency. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is...”
“Building an AI agent does not end with choosing a single model. Each model has its own strengths, weaknesses, and cost profile, which can shift from one workload to another—or even within the same workload. For...”
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-12/counterpoint-s-shah-on-nvidia-circular-deals-video
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-11/redpoint-s-brescia-on-nvidia-s-500b-funding-ai-capex-video
“Jensen Huang built the world's most valuable company by pioneering the specialized computer chips behind the artificial intelligence boom. To keep his vision for the future within reach, the Nvidia founder is now attempting a different...”
“In late July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time to defend open-source models in artificial intelligence, inserting himself into a debate that was raging across the industry. Less than three weeks...”
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- https://www.hpcwire.com/2026/08/11/nvidias-500-billion-ai-bet-jensen-huang-brings-wall-street-into-the-race/
“Off the Wire Press Releases SANTA CLARA, Calif. and NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2026 — NVIDIA has announced strategic partnerships to establish independent compute financing platforms with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to...”
- https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvidia-ai-interconnect-darling-point2-bags-136m-funding-from-arm-others/
- https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/11/nvidias-great-silicon-showdown
“Manifold consensus on '3. China’s AI chip sector make significant strides, planting seeds for eventual decline on Nvidia [See full title!]': YES=85.99%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia resume selling its top GPUs to China by April 1, 2027?': YES=15.34%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will NVIDIA (NVDA) close higher on August 31?': YES=59.67%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia (NVDA) close at or above $250 by September 30, 2026?': YES=33.28%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia close the day in Green today? (March 16)': YES=54.88%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Nvidia H100 compute prices above 3.50 on 11/6 at 12:00pm EST?': YES=3.48%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will NVIDIA announce that "Vera Rubin" GPUs have begun shipping to customers by the end of Q2 2026?': YES=7.04%”
“Manifold consensus on '[ACX 2026] Will Nvidia's stock price close below $100 on any day in 2026?': YES=6.83%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Nvidia shares to hit new all-time-high in 2026?': YES=96.96%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Jensen Huang cease to be CEO of Nvidia before the end of 2026?': YES=9.84%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia have the highest market cap at the end of 2026?': YES=55.82%”
“Manifold consensus on 'NVIDIA allowed to sell B30A to China by 2027?': YES=19.00%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will any China-domestic AI chip reach ≥80% of NVIDIA H100 perf on a public benchmark before 2026-12-31?': YES=18.07%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will NVIDIA release an RTX 5080 Ti?': YES=8.47%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia be the most valuable public company in the world at the end of 2028?': YES=48.34%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia NVDA stock drop more than 50% from its peak at any point by the end of 2026?': YES=8.90%”
“Manifold consensus on 'A plane carrying NVIDIA AI chips for delivery is shot down or crashes under suspicious circumstances by mid 2027': YES=8.00%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia be the largest company in the world by market cap at the end of 2025?': YES=99.24%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will a serious competitor to NVIDIA in the AI chip space emerge before EOY 2027?': YES=72.90%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will the purchase of 3k NVIDIA H100 chips through Saudi's KAUST lead to a functional form of generative AI by June 2024?': YES=14.86%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will TSMC exceed Nvidia in market capitalization at any point before 2032?': YES=36.95%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia announce an intention to acquire a controlling stake in TSMC by the end of 2024?': YES=5.00%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will China develop domestic GPU with comparable performance to NVIDIA H100 by 2026?': YES=24.55%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia still retain over 50% market share of PC gamer GPU usage by 2030': YES=61.92%”
“Manifold consensus on 'Will Nvidia launch an RTX 5090 Ti, Titan, or equivalent flagship GPU before 2028?': YES=46.00%”
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