Lepton AI will cease operations on May 20, 2025, prompting users to backup their data prior to this date. NVIDIA has successfully completed the acquisition of Lepton AI for a sum in the hundreds of millions, with founder Jia Yangqing and co-founder Bai Junjie joining the NVIDIA team. Lepton AI, which offered AI cloud platform services encompassing model development, training, and deployment, will be shutting down due to its business model not aligning with NVIDIA's vertical integration strategy. This acquisition underscores NVIDIA's commitment to bolstering supply chain control and extending its AI infrastructure footprint.
