Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

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Post by mfiguiere » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC

Re: Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

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Post by Avicebron » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:15 AM UTC

tldr: the marketplace for opensource models became wide open

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Post by CurbStomper » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC

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Post by sbinnee » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC

This is huge!

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Post by Gigachad » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC

What is the business model of hugging face? My understanding was they were basically just a file hosting platform.

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Post by jadar » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC

Hold on, these say no deal has been reached yet.

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Post by freelanddev » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC

the title of this post is misleading… “in talks” != not “agrees”

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Post by bensyverson » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC

I hope they're good stewards. This reminds me of the Microsoft GitHub acquisition in terms of the importance to the broader community.

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Post by gizajob » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC

whoa

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Post by user- » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC

Its becoming impossible to track all the acquisitions.