NVIDIA to acquire Hugging Face in a $12.93B deal as open-source AI hits an inflection point
cyrilzakka · x · 2026-09-04
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue announced an intent to join forces with NVIDIA in a $12,930,300,000 acquisition. He argues open-source AI has proven it can complement — even replace — closed APIs, but scaling further requires more compute, support and visibility, which NVIDIA under Jensen Huang committed to provide. Community figures celebrated the deal, calling HF's ecosystem impact massive.
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