NVIDIA rumored to acquire Hugging Face, centering open-source AI gravity
dscape · x · 2026-08-28
Rumors suggest Hugging Face, the world's largest open-source AI hub, may be acquired by NVIDIA. This shift would place the center of gravity for open-source AI in the hands of the company manufacturing the GPUs. The timing coincides with the Lisbon AI conference featuring a talk by a Hugging Face engineer.
Related event: NVIDIA Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for ~$12.9B(60 posts)→
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