NVIDIA Reportedly to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
Multiple posts report that NVIDIA will acquire Hugging Face, the world's largest open-source model and dataset hosting platform, for around $12.9 billion. The Six Five podcast claims a completed $12.93 billion all-cash deal, while @aspublic cites an NVIDIA official blog announcement of intent. If confirmed, the deal would deeply bind the AI compute giant to the core hub of the open-source AI ecosystem.
Confirmed
- @aspublic relays that NVIDIA's official blog announced the intent to acquire Hugging Face; @thione also reports NVIDIA agreed to acquire the platform for $12.9 billion.
- @ThomWolf (repost) relays Hugging Face's Julien Chaumonde saying 99% of feedback after the announcement was positive, with executives of tech giants competing with NVIDIA, such as Satya Nadella, publicly supporting the open-source model ecosystem.
Unconfirmed
- The claim of a completed $12.93 billion all-cash acquisition comes from @ryanshrout's repost of the Six Five podcast, which itself notes official announcements should be the source of truth; completion of the deal lacks first-hand confirmation.
- Hugging Face's own statement used the wording of an "intent to cooperate," leaving a gap versus a full acquisition.
Why it matters
- Hugging Face is the largest distribution entry point for open-source models and datasets; @thione views it as the community's core hub. NVIDIA taking it into its ecosystem would directly shape distribution and governance of open-source models.
- The same podcast also mentioned a $35 billion compute partnership between Anthropic and NVIDIA, suggesting NVIDIA is expanding its influence across the industry chain.
2026-09-07 ~ 2026-09-08 · 5 related posts
- Episode 1: NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for ~$12.9B(2026-08-27, 60 posts)
- Episode 2: NVIDIA Partners with Hugging Face on Nemotron Open Models(2026-08-27, 3 posts)
- Episode 3: Nvidia Reportedly Eyes $13 Billion Hugging Face Acquisition(2026-08-28, 3 posts)
- Episode 4: NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B(2026-08-30, 8 posts)
- Episode 5: Nvidia Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for Around $12.9 Billion(2026-08-31, 7 posts)
- Episode 6: NVIDIA Officially Acquires Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion(2026-09-03, 93 posts)
- Episode 7: Rumored NVIDIA Acquisition of Hugging Face at $12.93B Hides 🤗 Easter Egg(2026-09-03, 8 posts)
- Episode 8: Data Shows Open-Weight Models Are Widely Deployed in Production(2026-09-03, 2 posts)
- Episode 9: Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion in Landmark Open-Source AI Deal(2026-09-04, 14 posts)
- Episode 10: Nvidia Confirms $12.93 Billion Acquisition of Hugging Face, Betting Big on Open-Source AI(2026-09-04, 5 posts)
- Episode 11: NVIDIA Reportedly to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion(2026-09-07, 5 posts)
- Episode 12: Rumored Nvidia acquisition of Hugging Face sparks debate(2026-09-09, 2 posts)
Primary sources
- NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face, reshaping the open-source AI ecosystem — aspublic ·
- NVIDIA Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B, Folding the Top Open-Model Platform Into Its AI Stack — thione ·
- Pod: NVIDIA's $12.93B all-cash Hugging Face acquisition and Anthropic's $35B compute bet — ryanshrout ·
- [source] NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face, reshaping the open-source AI ecosystem — aspublic · 2026-09-07
- NVIDIA-Hugging Face tie-up wins broad industry backing, 99% of reactions positive — Thom_Wolf · 2026-09-07
- [source] NVIDIA Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B, Folding the Top Open-Model Platform Into Its AI Stack — thione · 2026-09-07
- [source] Pod: NVIDIA's $12.93B all-cash Hugging Face acquisition and Anthropic's $35B compute bet — ryanshrout · 2026-09-08
- NVIDIA reportedly closed $12.93B all-cash acquisition of Hugging Face — ryanshrout · 2026-09-08