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The ‘Deeply Nerdy’ Founders Behind Nvidia’s $13 Billion Bet on Hugging Face

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The startup began as an emoji-named app for teens before becoming a crusader for open-source artificial intelligence.

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Timeline · 6 reports

  1. 2026-09-04 17:38 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Nvidia’s $13 billion Hugging Face bet reveals Jensen Huang’s vision for the next AI battleground
  2. 2026-09-04 13:09 · Wall Street Journal Technology
    The ‘Deeply Nerdy’ Founders Behind Nvidia’s $13 Billion Bet on Hugging Face
  3. 2026-09-04 11:52 · r/LocalLLM
    Is hugging face acquisition a threat to the future of open source models?
  4. 2026-09-03 20:25 · SiliconANGLE AI
    Nvidia confirms $12.9B acquisition of AI hosting platform Hugging Face
  5. 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'
  6. 2026-09-03 16:24 · TechXplore AI & ML
    Nvidia to spend $13 billion on Hugging Face, which will remain an open source platform

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