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Nvidia expands Amazon GPU deal, near $12.9B Hugging Face acquisition

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Nvidia and Amazon announced a partnership to deploy 2 million GPUs, including Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and Rubin Ultra chips. Nvidia is also reportedly nearing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face.

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Timeline · 6 reports

  1. 2026-08-30 19:01 · r/AI_Agents
    The OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident in a Nutshell
  2. 2026-08-30 18:58 · r/huggingface
    The OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident
  3. 2026-08-30 10:25 · Techmeme
    The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)
  4. 2026-08-29 18:58 · The Next Web
    Nvidia pays $12.9B for Hugging Face. Thomas Wolf is betting on Microduck, a $399 robot?
  5. 2026-08-28 17:07 · r/artificial
    This week: OpenAI's Jalapeño inference chip, Nvidia's ~$12.9B move for Hugging Face, and Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash — the cost and control of AI both shifted
  6. 2026-08-28 14:15 · AI Insider
    Nvidia Expands Amazon Partnership With 2 Million GPU Deal While Reportedly Nearing $12.9B Hugging Face Acquisition

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