Nvidia confirms $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-09-03
TechCrunch reports Nvidia has confirmed it will acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. According to Nvidia, Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and is used by more than 18 million developers—putting the chip giant in direct control of the central hub for open-source AI distribution and collaboration.
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