Nvidia reportedly to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B
The Information first reported the deal; CNBC confirmed talks are underway, and neither company has confirmed it. Hugging Face turned down a roughly $7B Nvidia offer less than a year ago, and Salesforce was among other suitors.
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1 day · 4 reports · 1 community post · from Aug 27
- Aug 27
Nvidia doesn’t need to block rival chips on Hugging Face. It just needs the defaults.thenewstack.io
Hugging Face Always Attracts Buyers, Co-Founder Saysbloomberg.com
Why Nvidia’s Acquisition of Hugging Face Would Reshape Open-Source AIdecrypt.co
Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billionarstechnica.com
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