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The Justice Department is investigating Nvidia's $20 billion non-exclusive" licensing agreement with Groq to determine if it "tried to skirt antitrust scrutiny," according to the NY Times.

Why it matters: If this sort of arrangement is determined to be illegal, it could extend to a raft of other AI industry deals.

The bottom line: There's not much doubt as to why Nvidia picked the structure it did. At the time we wrote that the agreement seemed "designed to avoid tripping antitrust wires."

The question is if its lawyers were right.

DOJ investigates Nvidia's deal with Groq

A lot of other Big Tech companies are paying attention.

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DOJ investigates Nvidia's deal with Groq

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