Hugging Face reportedly selling to Nvidia for $12.9B after rejecting $500M investment
eyishazyer · x · 2026-08-27
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, per The Information. Notably, Hugging Face turned down a $500 million investment from Nvidia less than a year ago—which would have valued it at $7 billion—to prevent a single investor from compromising the platform's neutrality.
Related event: NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for ~$12.9B(60 posts)→
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