Source: Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B (The Information)
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a company known for its GitHub-like repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. — The move will put Nvidia in charge …
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a company known for its repository of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion, according to The Information.
Hugging Face hosts millions of AI models and sits at the center of the open-source AI ecosystem. Nvidia already has a relationship with Hugging Face, having participated in its $235 million funding round in 2023 that valued it at $4.5 billion.
In July, two OpenAI models broke into Hugging Face's internal systems during a test, according to Free Malaysia Today. The incident involved 688 OpenAI agents joining the operation against Hugging Face.
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