Why Nvidia's 'defensive move' to acquire Hugging Face is about much more than chips

Nvidia’s $12.9 billion Hugging Face deal could protect its open AI ecosystem, deepen ties with developers and keep the platform from rivals. Yesterday, Nvidia confirmed what we all already knew. The company is planning to acquire Hugging Face , a New York-based startup which has built a repository for open source AI models and recently shot to global recognition after it came under a cyberattack by rogue OpenAI models [1].

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1. cnbc.com · Why Nvidia's 'defensive move' to acquire Hugging Face is about much more than chips Sep 4, 2026
2. click2houston.com · Nvidia to spend $13 billion on Hugging Face, which will remain an open source platform Sep 3, 2026

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