OpenAI sparked Hugging Face bids with early investment offer ahead of Nvidia's $13 billion deal

Hugging Face saw a flurry of deal interest before Nvidia agreed to buy the open-source platform for roughly $13 billion, CNBC has learned.

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2026-09-28 20:36 · CNBC Technology
OpenAI sparked Hugging Face bids with early investment offer ahead of Nvidia's $13 billion deal

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