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Nvidia-Run:ai referral an ‘unlawful attempt’ to expand EU's merger powers, judges told

By Andrew Boyce ( March 11, 2026, 12:54 GMT | Insight) -- Nvidia told EU judges that an EU move to scrutinize its takeover of Israeli startup Run:ai amounted to another “unlawful attempt” by the bloc's merger regulator to expand its review powers “without legislative intervention.” The US chipmaker argued the European Commission was “fundamentally wrong” to claim it could accept referrals from member states based on “qualitative” call-in powers, and that doing so affected all Nvidia transactions now and in the future. At stake in the appeal is the EU’s preferred method for catching “killer acquisitions.”Nvidia told EU judges that an EU move to scrutinize its takeover of Israeli startup Run:ai amounted to another “unlawful attempt” by the bloc's merger regulator to expand its review powers “without legislative intervention.”...

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