Nvidia, Hugging Face
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The deal ramps up Nvidia’s efforts to promote open-weight AI models that pose a competitive threat to OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Nvidia announced on Thursday that it will buy artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a massive bet by the chipmaker to expand the reach of open-source AI technology.
The open source platform that was recently hacked by rogue OpenAI agents is now owned by the AI industry leader.
Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as it spreads bets across Anthropic, OpenAI, and their open-weight competitors.
Nvidia ( NVDA) is in advanced talks to acquire AI company Hugging Face in a transaction that may total about $14B, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. An agreement valued at $12.9B could be reached as soon as this week.