{
  "id": 6396719,
  "title": "Jim Cramer Discusses NVIDIA (NVDA) Acquiring Hugging Face",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/jim-cramer-discusses-nvidia-nvda-acquiring-hugging-face",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-07T20:22:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/jim-cramer-discusses-nvidia-nvda-202249174.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the September 3 episode of Mad Money, market commentator Jim Cramer discussed NVIDIA Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) acquisition of Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform. Describing NVIDIA's stock performance, Cramer noted that the company had risen 22% throughout the year, which he considered impressive for any company, but not exceptional. He revealed that NVIDIA had purchased Hugging Face, labeling it as an open-source AI platform. Cramer considered this a brilliant move, as it would eliminate doubts about NVIDIA's hardware technology being solely useful for training, not inference. The acquisition, valued at around $12.9 billion, marks a significant shift in NVIDIA's strategic focus toward the software deployment ecosystem. By acquiring Hugging Face, a leading platform for open AI models and developer communities, NVIDIA could gain a strong position in model distribution and deployment. This move directly tackles skeptics by enhancing NVIDIA's supremacy in inference workloads, demonstrating that hardware utility extends beyond initial model training. However, Cramer pointed out potential regulatory and operational risks associated with the acquisition, such as possible alienation of rival hardware vendors and independent model builders due to Hugging Face's historically neutral ground for the developer community. Despite these concerns, major hedge funds continue to show broad and resilient institutional backing, with 285 funds holding positions in NVIDIA Corporation as of the second quarter, up from 275 funds in the previous period. Short interest is also minimal, at 1.23% of the float. Cramer concluded by emphasizing how strategic software expansion, like the Hugging Face acquisition, strengthens NVIDIA's long-term market leadership, while acknowledging that certain AI stocks may offer greater upside potential with less downside risk.",
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  "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."
}