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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition

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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition

TechCrunch · Aug 27, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open-source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business.