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Nvidia Acquires Hugging Face for $13 Billion, Vows to Keep Platform Open Source

Nvidia has announced a deal to acquire Hugging Face for about $13 billion, bringing one of the most widely used platforms in the AI ecosystem under the chipmaker's control.

Hugging Face, often described as the 'GitHub of AI,' serves as a central repository where developers share, discover, and deploy machine learning models. The platform hosts hundreds of thousands of models, ranging from large language models to specialized tools for image recognition, audio processing, and other tasks.

Despite the acquisition, Nvidia has committed to keeping Hugging Face operating as an open-source platform. This assurance appears aimed at reassuring the developer community, which depends on the platform's open accessibility for collaborative AI development. The deal would give Nvidia significant influence over AI model distribution, complementing its dominant position in the GPU hardware that powers most AI training and inference workloads.

The acquisition aligns with Nvidia's broader strategy of expanding its presence across the AI stack. Beyond selling chips, the company has been investing in software, cloud services, and platform infrastructure to become a comprehensive provider for AI development and deployment.

Hugging Face's founders, described in reports as deeply technical and community-focused, are expected to remain with the company following the acquisition.

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