HuggingFace Had No Other Bids at $13B; Nvidia Didn't Even Negotiate Down
RyanMcC35236715 · x · 2026-08-27
Per @RyanMcC35236715, in Nvidia's reported $13B acquisition of HuggingFace, HuggingFace had no prior bids or counters, and Nvidia didn't even negotiate the price down. Thread commentary argues Nvidia knows its compute moat: open-weight or not, models running on Nvidia compute are what matters, making HF a bargain even at full price; others speculate Nvidia could add Trusted-Compute-style software isolation to guard against rogue agent sandbox escapes.
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