This Week In Startups is made possible by:DigitalOcean: https://do.co/twistEvery.io: https://every.ioPayPal: https://paypal.com/businessToday's show:*Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, just days after quietly licensing Poolside's coding model for $6 billion+. On TWiST, Jason lays out why this is actually the biggest AI story of the year. Nvidia plans to offer enterprises unmetered, unlimited on-prem compute, pulling them away from reliance on Anthropic and OpenAI's frontier models and products.PLUS we're chatting with Halter founder & CEO Craig Piggott about how his company helps farmers optimize their land use via solar-powered AI-driven cattle collars. AND Hop Aero CEO and co-founder Matija Milenovic shows us Rook, his autonomous hypersonic cargo rocket that can launch from a shipping container and deliver cargo up to 450 miles away in about 15 minutes. Finally, Jason and Lon explain why you never post Slop on the timeline.Guests:Craig Piggott on X: https://x.com/craig_piggottHalter: https://www.halterhq.com/Matija Milenovic on X: https://x.com/mat_milenovicHop Aero: https://hopaero.com/Relevant Links:OpenAI Open Letter: https://openai.com/collective-cyberdefense/OpenAI Hugging Face report: https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/OpenAI Jalapeño report: https://openai.com/index/jalapeno-first-results/Dario Amodei-Gavin Baker tweet thread: https://x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2088758816376807762TechCrunch: Nvidia-Hugging Face deal: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/TechCrunch coverage of Halter: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/04/unpacking-peter-thiels-big-bet-on-solar-powered-cow-collars/Dealroom: Sir Peter Back on Rocket Lab: https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/sir-peter-beck-on-rocket-lab-s-no-money-so-we-have-to-think-playbook-from-a-60k-new-zealand-start-up-to-an-end-to-end-space-companyWSJ: Druckenmiller op-ed: "Let the Bond Market Speak": https://www.wsj.com/opinion/let-the-bond-market-speak-81529d74NOTUS: Druckenmiller's WSJ op-ed was written with AI: https://www.notus.org/media/stanley-druckenmillers-wsj-op-ed-bessent-aiWaPo: Wall Street Journal defends Druckenmiller op-ed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/25/wall-street-journal-says-ai-generated-op-ed-didnt-breach-its-standards/Photon Matrix Laser Mosquito Killer: https://photonmatrixlab.com/"The Wizard of the Kremlin" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ctYp3zQVA"King & Conqueror" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anS9xQEPTsU"Lanterns" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UIBOsuUwc4"Rebel Ridge" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF3gZicntIwAlpaka Bravo Sling Max 2 bag: https://alpakagear.com/products/bravo-sling-max-v2No Agenda podcast: https://www.noagendashow.net/THR: John C. Dvorak obit: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/john-dvorak-dead-tech-journalist-no-agenda-inside-track-1236657317/Timestamps:Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisCheck out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.com