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Fortune
Fortune
Technology
Sasha Rogelberg

Thieves stole an Nvidia-branded truck filled with just 20,000 pounds of sand—and it points to Big Tech’s $150 million AI hardware theft headache

Two people in yellow safety vests look at a while trailer truck. (Credit: PHILIPPE LOPEZ—AFP/Getty Images)

Cargo pirates, perhaps in search of precious AI loot, found a completely different kind of booty after stealing two trailers from an autonomous trucking company: sand, and lots of it.

The trucking company, PlusAI, confirmed two trailers were stolen last week from its Fremont, Calif., warehouse, including one with Nvidia branding on it. While PlusAI uses Nvidia chips for its self-driving technology, the trailers weren’t carrying those chips, but rather, 40,000 pounds of sand.

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