The deal risks alienating Hugging Face users who value its independence.

Execs said that Nvidia will maintain platform openness, but CIOs still need to reevaluate its use; the absence of a single viable alternative for enterprises complicates the issue.

Nvidia will buy popular developer platform Hugging Face for US$12.93 billion, betting that support for open AI models will drive future demand even as its biggest customers…

Nvidia will buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, seeking to strengthen its open AI presence as customers develop their own chips.