NVIDIA-Hugging Face tie-up wins broad industry backing, 99% of reactions positive
Thom_Wolf · x · 2026-09-07
Hugging Face's Julien Chaumonde says 99% of reactions to the NVIDIA partnership announcement have been positive, with vocal support even from figures at NVIDIA competitors: Satya Nadella praised a flourishing open-model ecosystem, Sundar Pichai said it will strengthen open models, Mira Murati called HF a great home for open access, and Arav Srinivas stressed it's "absolutely necessary for AI to remain accessible." Michael Dell, Aaron Levie, and Ali Ghodsi also endorsed the deal as a win for the whole ecosystem.
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