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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Invests $150 Million in AI Startup Baseten

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix strike a new all-cash deal. And Netflix reports a rise in revenue and profit. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Base 10, a startup specializing in AI inference, has raised $300 million at a $5 billion

0:44.7

valuation. That's according to people familiar with the matter. The round now more than doubles

0:50.1

its valuation. It was led by venture capital firm, IVP, and Alphabet's independent

0:55.3

growth fund, with participation from NVIDIA, which is investing $150 million into the company.

1:01.8

The deal highlights NVIDIA's push into startups focused on inference. That's the process of

1:06.4

AI models generating output in response to prompts. It's also the latest example of

1:11.3

Nvidia investing in a customer of its own AI chips. Warner Brothers Discovery and Netflix

1:17.1

have struck a new all-cash deal for Netflix to buy Warner's Studio and HBO Mac streaming

1:23.1

business. The value of Netflix's offer is still $72 billion. The all-cash deal of $27.75

1:31.0

per share replaces Netflix's previous cash and stock deal. The sweetened offer comes as rival

1:37.6

bidder Paramount continues pushing its own all cash offer of nearly $78 billion for all of Warner, including its cable networks.

1:46.9

Warner and Netflix said they expect a new structure to enable Warner shareholders to vote on the

1:51.5

deal by April. And speaking of Netflix, the streaming giant reported increased revenue and

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