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Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear

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Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing, and customer-support tasks.

Directly affected

  • CRM Salesforce

    Named in this report.

  • NVDA Nvidia

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • TSM Taiwan Semiconductor

    The main advanced-chip manufacturer sits in Taiwan

  • ASML ASML

    Chipmaking-equipment sales follow export rules

  • AVGO Broadcom

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • AMD AMD

    Chip makers and their suppliers move when export rules or Taiwan risk changes

  • AMAT Applied Materials

    Chip-equipment makers feel export controls

  • LRCX Lam Research

    Chip-equipment makers feel export controls

  • SMH VanEck Semiconductor

    A fund of semiconductor companies

  • SOXX iShares Semiconductor

    A fund of semiconductor companies

  • QQQ Invesco QQQ

    Big tech moves with chip-supply risk

  • SUPX SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD

    GA selected SUPX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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ASML———————
AVGO———————
AMD———————
AMAT———————
LRCX———————
SMH———————
SOXX———————
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SUPX———————

Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing and customer-support tasks.

Source: TechCrunch

The price since 15 Sep 2026: Nvidia (NVDA) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” Nvidia (NVDA) is +1.54%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +1.66% over the same days, a -0.12% difference versus the market.

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Who gains and who loses around Nvidia (NVDA)

Companies carried with this story

  • NVDA Nvidia

    For “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” Nvidia (NVDA) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names NVIDIA CORPORATION in the headline; GA resolved that company to NVDA

  • CRM Salesforce

    In “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” Salesforce (CRM) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names SALESFORCE INC in the headline; GA resolved that company to CRM

  • SUPX SuperX AI Technology

    For “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” SuperX AI Technology (SUPX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected SUPX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ABAT American Battery Technology

    For “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” American Battery Technology (ABAT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ABAT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ACM Aecom

    Aecom (ACM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear.” Reason on file: GA selected ACM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AOSL Alpha & Omega Semiconductor

    Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOSL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 15 Sep 2026 story “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear.” Reason on file: GA selected AOSL as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: semiconductor. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BBAI BigBear.ai Holdings

    For “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BBAI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CHAT Roundhill Generative AI & Tech

    For “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear,” Roundhill Generative AI & Tech (CHAT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CHAT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Nvidia (NVDA)

On 15 Sep 2026, “Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear” is the story that connects Nvidia (NVDA) to this story.

What ties Nvidia (NVDA) to the headline is this: The reported development directly names NVIDIA CORPORATION in the headline; GA resolved that company to NVDA

Salesforce (CRM) is here too. Its reason reads: The reported development directly names SALESFORCE INC in the headline; GA resolved that company to CRM

Price levels for Nvidia (NVDA)

CRM traded between 220.30 and 251.09 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 242.33. NVDA traded between 212.87 and 243.34 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 217.09. SUPX traded between 6.15 and 7.09 across 10 sessions. The latest close on file is 6.72.

A simple score for Nvidia (NVDA)

46 out of 100

“Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.