Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face
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Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B in its second-biggest acquisition.
Nvidia agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, its second-largest deal after the $20 billion Groq purchase. Hugging Face will remain an open platform, per Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said his company approached Nvidia over the summer, citing a need for more resources and scale. The deal follows a recent hacking incident at Hugging Face. Huang said open models give defenders an asymmetric advantage.
What commenters are saying
Commenters debated whether the acquisition signals Nvidia hedging on open vs. closed AI, or planning to embrace and extend. Some celebrated the Hugging Face team's payout, noting the company had no clear business model. Others questioned the $12.9B valuation, comparing Hugging Face to a free model hub like Maven Central or a fancy S3 wrapper. A few commenters pointed out potential conflicts of interest, as Nvidia also invests in closed-model companies like OpenAI. One user flagged that Kevin Durant's investment firm was an early backer.