Aporia · Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang announced on Thursday that the company will buy AI firm Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion in a deal that expands Nvidia's capabilities beyond hardware and into artificial intelligence software. The acquisition price is $12.9 billion, and Hugging Face has grown to 18 million users since its founding. The purchase marks the second-largest for Nvidia, following a recent $20 billion agreement with Groq. Nvidia assures that Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the AI ecosystem after the deal.

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Nvidia, a leading chipmaker, has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a popular AI company, for $12.9 billion in a move that expands its capabilities beyond hardware and into the artificial intelligence space. The acquisition is part of a larger trend of companies rushing to acquire open models atop the AI stack. Hugging Face has seen significant growth, with 18 million users, and provides an open-source platform for collaborative machine learning. Despite concerns raised by a hacking incident earlier this year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has stated that Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem. This deal marks the second-largest acquisition for Nvidia, following a $20 billion non-exclusive agreement with chipmaker Groq in December and a $6 billion structured agreement with Poolside, an open-weight model builder, last month.

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🔮 In a blog post Thursday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Hugging Face “will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem.

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Hugging Face — the AI company at the center of a hacking incident earlier this year that raised cybersecurity concerns — has exploded in popularity, now boasting 18 million users, providing an open-source hub for collaborative machine learning.

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🔮 In a blog post Thursday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Hugging Face “will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem.

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Nvidia has agreed to buy AI firm Hugging Face for $12.9 billion in a move that expands the chipmaker’s capabilities beyond hardware and up the AI stack. asserted

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Hugging Face — the AI company at the center of a hacking incident earlier this year that raised cybersecurity concerns — has exploded in popularity, now boasting 18 million users, providing an open-source hub for collaborative machine learning. asserted

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In a blog post Thursday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Hugging Face “will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem. asserted

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The deal follows a series of acquisitions within the AI industry as chipmakers and financial companies alike rush to lock down the open models atop the AI stack. asserted

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The Hugging Face deal marks the second-largest for Nvidia; the chip company entered a $20 billion non-exclusive agreement to buy assets from chipmaker Groq in December. asserted

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The chip company closed a similar deal last month, striking a $6 billion structured agreement with Poolside, an open-weight model builder. asserted

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Also last month, financial infrastructure firm Stripe agreed to acquire open-weight model aggregator OpenRouter for $7.5 billion. asserted

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Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion

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