Breakthroughs and research·September 7, 2026, 15:11
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion
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Nvidia has acquired Hugging Face, the large open source repository for AI models, for nearly $13 billion. The platform will reportedly remain open, and you will not be forced to use Nvidia's chips.
Nvidia has bought Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion.
Hugging Face is where a great many open source AI models are shared and downloaded, a kind of shared library for developers worldwide.
With the acquisition, Nvidia gains control not just of chips for AI but also of the very repository where many of the models live.
Nvidia says the platform will remain open and that developers will not be forced to use Nvidia's own chips going forward.
For most individuals and businesses, nothing changes right now. You can safely wait and see.
Do keep an eye on whether Hugging Face over time starts favoring Nvidia hardware or services in practice: that will be the time it is worth reacting.
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