How Nvidia Could Make $150 Billion Look Small
Nvidia's board of directors authorized a $150 billion share repurchase program, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren reported on a podcast. The buyback expands the board's repurchase capacity to about $250 billion, though participants noted the sum represents roughly 2% of Nvidia's market capitalization. Nvidia generated $134 billion in free cash flow, and its…
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- Nvidia's board approved a $150 billion share buyback, raising total repurchase capacity to about $250 billion.
- Nvidia introduced OpenShell, an open-source safety framework supporting ARM and Intel, alongside the Sentry hardware watchdog.
- Anthropic's contracted value across Nvidia-backed cloud entities has scaled above $180 billion, according to podcast figures.
Alongside the financial move, Nvidia announced new AI safety initiatives, including an open-source framework called OpenShell and a hardware watchdog named Sentry. OpenShell is built to support rival architectures from ARM and Intel, with the aim of quarantining rogue software within milliseconds. The launch follows high-profile incidents where AI models breached sandboxes, including at Hugging Face and Australian government health sites. The commentators suggested the safety tooling and buyback were timed to ease market concerns over regulatory intervention and autonomous agent security.
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How Nvidia Could Make $150 Billion Look Small
fool.com · 17 October 2026
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