Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

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

bensyverson wrote: post #8

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

Post by Vespasian » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC

impulser_ wrote: post #11

bensyverson wrote: post #8

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

I think they will be, Nvidia has released open source model that also included the data it was trained on. I think they are the only ones that have done that.

Post by novia » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:47 AM UTC

Post by browningstreet » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC

Post by bensyverson » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC

Vespasian wrote: post #13

impulser_ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think they will be, Nvidia has released open source model that also included the data it was trained on. I think they are the only ones that have done that.

Handing out digging spots if you are the shovel manufacturer sounds reasonable.