While most attention has been on model makers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google regarding which vendor will win the race, the star of the moment is Nvidia.
September 3, 2026
Nvidia’s decision to acquire open source AI platform Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion marks a pivotal moment in the AI market and could make the AI hardware and software giant the frontrunner in the AI race.
The vendor on Thursday revealed that it plans to scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide. Nvidia said that Hugging Face will continue to support open source and open-weight models and multi-cloud and multi-accelerator development and deployment.
“We are incentivized and motivated to keep this open and neutral, accessing the best models and connecting the best models,” said Justin Boitano, vice president of enterprise AI at Nvidia, during a media briefing about the acquisition.
