NVIDIA has announced its intention to acquire Lepton AI, a startup founded by former Alibaba executive Jia Yangqing, for a sum in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The acquisition aims to propel NVIDIA into the cloud computing and enterprise software markets, positioning it to compete with industry giants like Amazon and Google. Lepton AI, founded by Jia Yangqing, specializes in offering enterprises a streamlined AI application platform. Jia Yangqing, a graduate of Tsinghua University with a Ph.D. from Berkeley, is renowned for developing the deep learning framework Caffe and has held senior positions at Google, Facebook, and Alibaba. After departing Alibaba, he embarked on an entrepreneurial journey focused on AI architecture. Despite its small size, the Lepton AI team boasts a wealth of experience, comprising seasoned programmers and product managers.