Nebius to buy Eigen AI for $643 million to boost inference and US expansion

Amsterdam-based AI infrastructure firm Nebius said on Friday it had agreed to acquire inference and optimization startup Eigen AI in a deal valued at about $643 million, strengthening its push into production-grade artificial intelligence and expanding its ‌United States footprint.

Shares ⁠of ⁠the company jumped about 10% in early trading.

* The deal will bolster Nebius’ Token Factory platform, a managed inference service designed to help companies deploy and customize open-source AI models in production