Zuckerberg’s Meta could buy startup Rivos in a multibillion-dollar deal designed to expand internal AI chip efforts

• Meta exploring Rivos acquisition to accelerate AI chip development and reduce Nvidia reliance
• Meta executives reportedly frustrated with slow internal chip progress
• Chip acquisitions could be critical for scaling AI training and inference and Rivos has RISC-V expertise

Meta is reportedly looking to acquire chip startup Rivos in a deal aimed at strengthening its in-house semiconductor program and giving the company more control over its AI infrastructure and greater independence from Nvidia.

Although Meta already has its own chip project, Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA), like all hyperscalers it still spends heavily on GPUs from Nvidia – a dependence which has become costly as the company scales up its AI ambitions.