--- title: "NVIDIA: what they buy and what they pay" url: https://www.brightinfo.com/buyers/nvidia/ site: https://www.brightinfo.com/ description: "What NVIDIA buys, what it pays and its deal terms, from public sources with a link for every fact. Last verified November 3, 2026." last_updated: 2026-11-03 --- # NVIDIA: what they buy and what they pay Buyers › AI labs › NVIDIA NVIDIA is profiled here as an AI lab [1]. Data types cited in this profile include: Text, Images, Video, Audio [1]. Last verified November 3, 2026 ## Quick facts | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Type | AI lab [1] | | Status | Active [1] | | Website | https://www.nvidia.com/ [2] | | HQ | Santa Clara, California, USA [2] | | Founded | 1993 [2] | | Ownership | Not published | | Program | Not published | | Price | Not published | | Pricing basis | Not published | | Payment timing | Not published | | How to start | Not published | ## What they buy - **Data types:** Text, Images, Video, Audio [1] · Translation memories; Exam/reasoning items; Competitive-programming problems and solutions; Speech; Agentic task, tool-use and dialogue datasets [1] - **Excluded:** Not published - **Intended use:** Training (Nemotron 3 / 3.5 model family) [1] ## Track record ### Named data sources (from NVIDIA's EU AI Act training summary) - Named private datasets NVIDIA lists as obtained from third parties for Nemotron 3/3.5 (Section 2.2.2, separate from rightsholder licences; the summary does not say whether they were bought): Global Regulation; TAUS Translation Memory; Scale HLE; HackerRank Coding; Granary; SIFT-50M; Mercor (agentic terminal-task and agentic-search tool-use data); Turing Math Data Pack; Patronus (dialog memory data); "Droid Harness Pivot" data; "Chemistry Ether0" data [1] ### Coverage - TorrentFreak, Jan 2026: amended complaint alleges a member of NVIDIA's data strategy team contacted Anna's Archive about acquiring its millions of pirated materials (reported) [3] ## Watch for - Lawsuit: Nazemian et al. v. NVIDIA Corporation, No. 4:24-cv-01454 (N.D. Cal.), authors' proposed class action alleging use of their copyrighted works to train NeMo Megatron and other LLMs; court denied NVIDIA's motion to dismiss in part (per plaintiffs' law firm, May 2026) (reported) [4] - Allegation in amended complaint (reported Jan 2026): a member of NVIDIA's data strategy team contacted Anna's Archive, and NVIDIA sought to find out what 'high-speed access' to its data would look like; the complaint does not say whether NVIDIA paid. Anna's Archive later said on Reddit it never dealt with NVIDIA directly. [3] - Report (Proof News, Aug 2024): according to company Slack and internal documents, NVIDIA staff gathered YouTube videos for a new video model by downloading datasets of previously scraped videos and scraping their own; NVIDIA said it is confident its models and research comply with copyright law (reported) [5] ## Sources 1. Public Summary of Training Content for NVIDIA Nemotron (PDF; section 'Public Summary of Training Content for NVIDIA Nemotron 3 and 3.5 Family', Version 1.0, Last update: 10/08/2026), developer.download.nvidia.com. Accessed October 30, 2026. (company's own site) https://developer.download.nvidia.com/assets/nemo/docs/public-summary-of-training-content-for-nvidia-nemotron.pdf 2. NVIDIA Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year ended January 25, 2026, sec.gov. Accessed October 30, 2026. (filing) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/nvda-20260125.htm 3. NVIDIA Contacted Anna's Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books - TorrentFreak, torrentfreak.com. Published January 19, 2026. Accessed November 3, 2026. (press) https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contacted-annas-archive-to-secure-access-to-millions-of-pirated-books/ 4. Susman Godfrey Advances AI Copyright Case as Court Denies NVIDIA Motion to Dismiss | Susman Godfrey L.L.P., susmangodfrey.com. Published May 8, 2026. Accessed November 3, 2026. (press) https://www.susmangodfrey.com/wins/susman-godfrey-advances-ai-copyright-case-as-court-denies-nvidia-motion-to-dismiss/ 5. Nvidia Scrapes YouTube, Eyes Netflix, Discovery to Train New Video Model - Proof News, proofnews.org. Published August 9, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2026. (press) https://proofnews.org/nvidia-scrapes-youtube-eyes-netflix-discovery-to-train-new-video-model Last verified November 3, 2026 **Disclosure.** Bright Info is a sell-side broker. We may invite NVIDIA to bid for a client's data. This profile is compiled from public sources; it is not endorsed by or affiliated with NVIDIA. Corrections: hello@brightinfo.com. ## Related - All AI labs: https://www.brightinfo.com/buyers/ai-labs/ - OpenAI: https://www.brightinfo.com/buyers/openai/ - Amazon: https://www.brightinfo.com/buyers/amazon/ - Anthropic: https://www.brightinfo.com/buyers/anthropic/ - All buyer profiles: https://www.brightinfo.com/buyers/ --- © 2026 Bright Info · https://www.brightinfo.com