NVIDIA Reportedly Moving to Acquire Hugging Face in ~$13B Deal
According to Business Insider, Nvidia is in talks to acquire AI open-source platform Hugging Face in a deal that could value the company at over $13 billion. Multiple sources relaying the report say the two sides have held in-depth negotiations in recent weeks, but no final agreement has been reached, the deal could still fall through, and the news has not been officially confirmed. If completed, it would be one of Nvidia's largest acquisitions to date, with far-reaching implications for the AI open-source ecosystem and the compute infrastructure landscape.
Confirmed
- The original source is a Business Insider report, relayed the same day (08-27) by multiple bloggers (@Nunki08, @JosephJacks, @himanshustwts, etc.), with a consistent core figure: a valuation exceeding $13 billion.
- The two sides have held serious, in-depth acquisition talks in recent weeks.
Not yet confirmed
- Negotiations have not reached a final agreement, and the deal could still fall through (as relayed by @JosephJacks).
- @himanshustwts stressed that the news has not been officially confirmed, noting the information came from a tip by a netizen, with a link to the relevant page.
Why it matters
- Hugging Face is the largest platform for AI models and open-source communities; if acquired by Nvidia, it would represent a major vertical integration of AI infrastructure (chips/compute) with the model community.
- A valuation above $13 billion would make this one of Nvidia's largest acquisitions ever, reflecting its ambition to secure a strategic position in the large-model ecosystem.
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Primary sources
- [source] Nvidia in talks to acquire Hugging Face for over $13B — Nunki08 · 2026-08-27
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