Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face Acquisition Is a Bet on Open-Source AI
Wired AI · rss · 2026-09-03
Wired reports the long-rumored deal is done: Nvidia is buying open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion.
- The acquisition gives the chip giant access to—and a promotional platform for—what it calls a huge repository of open-source models and datasets
- The deal deepens Nvidia's grip on the AI developer ecosystem, complementing its CUDA and hardware stack
- Implications for open-source neutrality and regulatory scrutiny remain open questions
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