Hugging Face is the largest open source community in the world for AI models. There is talk of acquisition by NVIDIA. Hugging Face already has many institutional investors like NVIDIA and Google. No official announcements have been shared yet. The NVIDIA home on the Hugging Face platform is here: https://huggingface.co/nvidia
(1) Why Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Signals AI’s Full Ecosystem Play – Sept 1, 2026 – by Gerui Wang in Forbes – see link here – “Nvidia aims to secure influence over the application layer by acquiring the leading open-source AI repository, gaining access to countless models and tools. This move also defends against major AI labs like OpenAI and Google, which are developing proprietary chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia’s GPUs and cut costs.”
(2) Nvidia could seal $14 bln Hugging Face deal this week, Bloomberg reports – Sept 2, 2026 – by Ayushman Ojha at investing.com – see link here
(3) The Bigger Bet Behind Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Hugging Face Deal – by Harry Booth in Time on Aug 28, 2026 – “The deal is partly a hedge against an emerging threat: AI companies which consume enormous quantities of Nvidia hardware are increasingly developing chips of their own. In a future where AI becomes centralized in a small group of players with their own chips, those companies could demand lower prices from Nvidia or bypass it altogether. Hugging Face, an online hub where developers share open AI models and datasets, gives Nvidia a stake in an alternative future, where downloadable AI models allow startups and governments to build systems of their own. Few would have the scale to develop custom chips. (Nvidia and Hugging Face did not respond for comment.)” – see link here
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