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Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal to buy AI platform Hugging Face

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The deal gives Nvidia control of a leading open-source AI platform and developer community.

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Timeline · 11 reports

  1. 2026-09-05 10:21 · Mint AI
    'Aim to Empower 100 million AI builders': Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue as Nvidia buys AI startup for $12.93 billion
  2. 2026-09-05 03:19 · r/artificial
    Nvidia acquiring Hugging Face (~$13B), Apple reportedly renting Gemini for Siri, and Anthropic's quiet Sonnet 5 price bump — a roundup of a heavy week
  3. 2026-09-04 11:07 · r/LocalLLaMA
    NVIDIA's $12,930,300,000.00 acquisition of Hugging Face contains an easter egg. The first 6 numbers of the acquisition price represent the decimal conversion of Unicode character U+1F917. The 🤗 emoji.
  4. 2026-09-03 21:34 · France 24 — Artificial Intelligence
    Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion in major AI expansion
  5. 2026-09-03 20:50 · InfoWorld AI
    What Nvidia’s $13B acquisition of Hugging Face means for AI model choice
  6. 2026-09-03 20:25 · SiliconANGLE AI
    Nvidia confirms $12.9B acquisition of AI hosting platform Hugging Face
  7. 2026-09-03 19:05 · Tom's Hardware
    Nvidia acquires Hugging Face for $12.93 billion — company gains control of major AI model distribution platform
  8. 2026-09-03 18:16 · r/artificial
    NVIDIA acquiring Hugging Face for $12.93 billion
  9. 2026-09-03 17:52 · The New Stack AI
    Hugging Face will remain an open platform : Nvidia strikes $12.9B deal for the GitHub of AI'
  10. 2026-09-03 16:59 · The Guardian AI
    Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal
  11. 2026-09-03 16:32 · BBC Technology
    Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal to buy AI platform Hugging Face

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