Nvidia Reportedly Acquires Hugging Face for $12.9B, Its Biggest Open Source Bet Yet
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-05
According to a French AI recap thread, Nvidia has confirmed acquiring open source hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, described as the biggest open source bet in AI history. If confirmed, the deal would reshape the open source AI ecosystem. Caution: this is third-party reporting; await official announcements.
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