{
  "id": 5377726,
  "title": "“Hugging Face will remain an open platform”: Nvidia strikes $12.9B deal for the ‘GitHub of AI’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/hugging-face-will-remain-an-open-platform-nvidia-strikes-12-9b-deal",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:52:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New Stack",
    "slug": "the-new-stack",
    "url": "https://thenewstack.io/nvidia-acquires-hugging-face/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia and Hugging Face have reached a $12.9 billion agreement for the latter to become part of the former, making Hugging Face one of the most important open-model platforms in the AI industry and part of the world's most valuable company. Hugging Face's platform allows developers to find and deploy open models across various hardware, raising concerns over what the acquisition could mean for its openness and neutrality. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reassured that Hugging Face will remain an open platform, supporting multiple clouds and accelerators, without requiring Nvidia compute for building or deploying on the platform. Nvidia has also signed an open letter emphasizing the importance of open-weight models for AI accessibility, competition, and control. Hugging Face co-founder Clément Delangue has expressed confidence in Nvidia's commitment to keeping the platform open, independent, and compute-agnostic, stating that the founders and existing team will stay on. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2027, subject to approval from regulatory bodies and potential future regulations on open-source AI.",
  "summary": "Nvidia has confirmed that it’s agreed to acquire Hugging Face in a mammoth $12.9 billion deal that will bring one The post “Hugging Face will remain an open platform”: Nvidia strikes $12.9B deal for the ‘GitHub of AI’ appeared first on The New Stack .",
  "key_points": [
    "Nvidia acquires Hugging Face for $12.9 billion",
    "Hugging Face to remain open platform with multiple clouds and accelerators",
    "Acquisition to close in first half of 2027"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}