Why did Nvidia sell its Arm stake after trying to buy it?

Nvidia has finally shut the door on a story that once looked like a defining strategic bet. The company that tried to buy Arm in a roughly $40 billion deal, before regulators forced it to abandon the plan, has now sold its remaining Arm stake entirely. That exit has sparked a fresh round of questions on Wall Street: why walk away from an investment tied to the CPU architecture that underpins much of modern computing? Analysts largely see the move as a clean, disciplined reset, more about capital allocation and market optics than any cooling toward Arm’s technology. Nvidia offloads Arm's stake: Strategic reset, not a rejection Nvidia’s latest regulatory filing shows it no longer holds Arm shares, confirming a…