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  "id": 5533352,
  "title": "Nvidia puts its money where its mouth is on open weight AI, moving to buy Hugging Face for $13 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nvidia-puts-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-on-open-weight-ai-moving-to",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-04T09:13:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/nvidia-puts-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-on-open-weight-ai-moving-to-buy-hugging-face-for-usd13-billion/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nvidia has announced its intention to acquire Hugging Face, a leading platform for open-source machine learning applications, in a deal worth $13 billion. This acquisition is particularly noteworthy given Nvidia's recent focus on AI, with the company spending billions on AI-related ventures. Hugging Face's CEO, Clément Delangue, expressed his excitement about joining Nvidia, describing it as a \"perfect home.\" The deal includes a significant payment to Hugging Face's investors of $11.9 billion and an equity-based retention program for Nvidia employees, amounting to up to $1 billion. Despite the substantial investment, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang emphasized that Hugging Face will continue to operate as an open platform, allowing developers to choose models, frameworks, clouds, inference service providers, and computing platforms. Huang stressed that Hugging Face will not require Nvidia compute for deployment or building purposes. The CEO also highlighted the importance of open models in advancing AI safely, strengthening cybersecurity, and accelerating innovation across various industries.",
  "summary": "Come on guys, fling a few mil my way?",
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        "title": "Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for US$12.9b",
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        "published": "2026-09-03T14:29:10.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Hugging Face goes from a ‘scrappy’ startup named after an emoji to $13 billion Nvidia acquisition",
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        "title": "Nvidia’s $12.93 Billion Hugging Face Deal Expands Jensen Huang's AI Platform Beyond Chips",
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        "title": "Nvidia’s $12.93 Billion Hugging Face Deal Expands Jensen Huang's AI Platform Beyond Chips",
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        "outlet": "SiliconANGLE",
        "title": "Nvidia’s Hugging Face deal is a bet on open models — and proof it’s no longer just a chip company",
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        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion",
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        "published": "2026-09-04T04:43:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "A profile of Hugging Face, which started in 2016 to build a sassy chatbot for teens; CEO Clément Delangue says he approached Nvidia this summer to pursue a deal (Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/a-profile-of-hugging-face-which-started-in-2016-to-build-a-sassy",
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        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion: What changes for open-source AI, rivals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nvidia-to-buy-hugging-face-for-12-9-billion-what-changes-for-open",
        "published": "2026-09-04T08:14:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "SecurityWeek",
        "title": "Nvidia Is Buying AI Platform Hugging Face for $13 Billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nvidia-is-buying-ai-platform-hugging-face-for-13-billion",
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