Nvidia Acquires Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion

2026-08-29

Nvidia has agreed to acquire the open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The acquisition aligns with Nvidia's strategy to invest in open AI models amidst a trend of closed AI developers reducing reliance on Nvidia hardware.

Source: The Decoder

Reported by VERA Newswire.

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