Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

Post by weird-eye-issue » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC

Gigachad wrote: post #64

andy99 wrote: post #55

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Didn’t we just witness it? Become a critical ecosystem player then get acquired based on the value of that position.

I’m asking more to work out what is the basis of this valuation. Why would Nvidia spend $13B for what seems to be a services that gives things away for free.

Post by timcobb » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC

abixb wrote: post #67

herpdyderp wrote: post #63

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Except for during Biden, they've been asleep for almost 50 years.

Lina Khan @ the FTC was the best thing about the Biden administration, for me.

Post by Eji1700 » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC

manlymuppet wrote: post #27

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.

Post by jacquesm » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

timcobb wrote: post #74

abixb wrote: post #67

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Lina Khan @ the FTC was the best thing about the Biden administration, for me.

I miss the Biden administration

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #65

Gigachad wrote: post #5

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

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