While working on a consulting project, we spotted that Nvidia had acquired Augtera Networks, a startup that has been targeting the nascent AIOps market – the application of AI-based tools to network operations, chiefly in the operator sector. Nvidia has made no official announcement, besides a buried website popup, and the Augtera website has been scrubbed from the internet, with some trace evidence of redirects to Nvidia. Nvidia has told us that it has no news to share on the acquisition, which took place in December. An investment bank advising Augtera, called Bowen, announced the deal this week, but the rest of the press has not caught on. So, what has Nvidia acquired for this undisclosed price? There is scant…