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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition - TechCrunch

Published by TechCrunch By Connie Loizos · 27 August 2026 at 09:32
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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition - TechCrunch
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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.

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