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

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Post by rjzzleep » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC

I'm puzzled by the reactions. This is not a good thing. Yes, they're releasing more open source code and models, but they do it BECAUSE OF pressure from the community and other open source projects.

But Nvidia is a terrible open source and consumer company. They gatekeep a lot and oftentimes it's only open source in name. Outside contributions are often slow-walked or rejected if they don't align with business incentives , and leadership is retained 100% in a couple of people from a certain country.

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

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Post by dylan604 » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC

Gigachad wrote: post #5

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

Isn't this pretty much the model for any tech company? Rush to get MVP released, stoke the hype, cash in on FOMO.

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

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Post by semiquaver » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC

freelanddev wrote: post #7

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

It’s not misleading according to the The Information piece (second link)

  > Nvidia Agrees to Buy Open Source Model Repository Hugging Face For $12.9 Billion

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

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Post by swyx » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC

riddley wrote: post #14

Anyone old enough to remember anti trust laws or even just laws?

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

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Post by newsclues » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:53 AM UTC

riddley wrote: post #14

Anyone old enough to remember anti trust laws or even just laws?

The AI judge doesn’t have that feature yet

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

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Post by esalman » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:54 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.

As someone who've played video games and obsessed over graphics cards long before this all started, don't get your hopes up.

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

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Post by manlymuppet » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC

Potentially horrible for monopoly reasons, but if other big acquisitions in the AI era teach us anything, developers are about to get a whole lot of free and discounted trial credits.

That’s at least a plus. I will happily burn through as much VC money as they will give me to tinker with my projects.

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

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Post by petterroea » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC

I have never seen an acquisition be good for the users. I struggle to believe this one will be different

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

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC

swyx wrote: post #24

riddley wrote: post #14

Anyone old enough to remember anti trust laws or even just laws?

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

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Post by RachelF » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC

rjzzleep wrote: post #21

I'm puzzled by the reactions. This is not a good thing. Yes, they're releasing more open source code and models, but they do it BECAUSE OF pressure from the community and other open source projects. But Nvidia is a terrible open source and consumer company. They gatekeep a lot and oftentimes it's only open source in name. Outside contributions are often slow-walked or rejected if they don't align with business incent…

Linus Torvalds: 'Nvidia has been the single worst company we've ever dealt with'

His other comments on Nvidia often contain expletives.