NVIDIA reportedly acquiring Hugging Face for $12.93B, community split on open-source impact
TorturedPoet30 · reddit · 2026-09-03
A Reddit post claims NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000, linking to an NVIDIA blog announcement. Community reaction is split: some see it as a boost for open-weight models, others worry about a neutral open-source hub being absorbed by a chip giant. Treat as unconfirmed until officially verified.
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