Nvidia reportedly acquiring Hugging Face for $12.9B and its 18M+ developers
lifebypixels · x · 2026-09-04
NVIDIA is acquiring Hugging Face for $12.9B, per @StockSavvyShay — buying one of the biggest distribution layers in open AI, with 18M+ developers and 3M+ models.
Analysts say the deal deepens NVIDIA's grip on how open models are distributed and deployed, and expect regulatory scrutiny but ultimate approval.
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