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Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion
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Nvidia is reportedly moving forward to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion.
Key facts
- Nvidia is reportedly moving forward to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
- Among other things, Hugging Face is a cloud repository for AI models, similar in some respects to what GitHub is for conventional computer software
- Hugging Face reportedly had other companies trying to buy it, too, including Salesforce
- Nvidia had invested in Hugging Face in the past, but it wasn’t the only one—Google and Microsoft had also invested
Summary
Among other things, Hugging Face is a cloud repository for AI models, similar in some respects to what GitHub is for conventional computer software. The deal is not finalized, so it could still run into trouble ahead, but both parties appear to be actively pursuing it, according to a report from The Information, which cites one person with knowledge of the matter. Hugging Face reportedly had other companies trying to buy it, too, including Salesforce. Nvidia and several other tech companies have publicly supported the role of open-weight models as alternatives to the proprietary closed-frontier models trained by companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.