# Qualcomm completes acquisition of Modular for AI software infrastructure

> Qualcomm has completed its acquisition of Modular, the AI infrastructure company behind the Mojo programming language and the MAX platform for running AI workloads across different kinds of hardware. The deal was announced on June 24 and closed on July 29, and it brings Modular's software stack and its cloud service under Qualcomm's roof. The strategic logic runs both ways. Qualcomm, long a mobile and edge silicon company, gains a serious AI software layer and the talent behind it, while Modular gains the scale and manufacturing reach of a major chipmaker. Notably, Modular founder Chris Lattner, a well-known figure in compilers and programming languages, is joining Qualcomm as executive vice president of Advanced AI Software and Platforms. The acquisition fits a clear industry trend: hardware companies increasingly believe the battle for AI will not be won on raw chips alone but on the software that makes heterogeneous hardware usable. Modular's whole premise is portability across vendors, so folding it into a single chipmaker raises interesting questions about how open that cross-hardware vision stays.

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## Wortins' read

Qualcomm has completed its acquisition of Modular, the AI infrastructure company behind the Mojo programming language and the MAX platform for running AI workloads across different kinds of hardware. The deal was announced on June 24 and closed on July 29, and it brings Modular's software stack and its cloud service under Qualcomm's roof. The strategic logic runs both ways. Qualcomm, long a mobile and edge silicon company, gains a serious AI software layer and the talent behind it, while Modular gains the scale and manufacturing reach of a major chipmaker. Notably, Modular founder Chris Lattner, a well-known figure in compilers and programming languages, is joining Qualcomm as executive vice president of Advanced AI Software and Platforms. The acquisition fits a clear industry trend: hardware companies increasingly believe the battle for AI will not be won on raw chips alone but on the software that makes heterogeneous hardware usable. Modular's whole premise is portability across vendors, so folding it into a single chipmaker raises interesting questions about how open that cross-hardware vision stays.

## Source

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