Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B. Co-founder Thomas Wolf explains why open-source AI won, why he is selling $399 robots, and what happens to the platform under Jensen Huang.

The proposed acquisition would give the chipmaker a foothold in model distribution and developer workflows beyond its core hardware business.

Nvidia had previously invested $235 million in Hugging Face during its Series D funding round in August 2023.

The chipmaker and New York-based Hugging Face, which hosts open-source large language models and datasets, did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside…

Nvidia is reportedly close to acquiring AI startup Hugging Face for approximately $13 billion, enhancing its AI portfolio.

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy the open‑source AI model repository Hugging Face for $12.9 billion according to The Information. This deal would mark one of Nvidia’s biggest…