Home › Technology › Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal

Technology

Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal

The Guardian Tech Thursday 03 September 2026, 13:15 UTC By Reuters 1 min read

Key Points

Semi-conductor giant bets that support for open AI models could offset potential slowdown in demand for chipsNvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for ⁠open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips. Nvidia were ⁠slightly lower after the $12.93bn deal – which ranks among its biggest ever – was announced for the database of AI models on Thursday.

Semi-conductor giant bets that support for open AI models could offset potential slowdown in demand for chips

Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for ⁠open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips.

Shares ⁠in Nvidia were ⁠slightly lower after the $12.93bn deal – which ranks among its biggest ever – was announced for the database of AI models on Thursday.

Nvidia (ORG) AI (ORG)

Originally published by The Guardian Tech Read original →

The sixth beta of the Haiku OS is here, now with more choice of web browsers and a working hardware-accelerated hypervisor. Haiku OS beta 6 came out just a week after the project’s 25th birthday. We have been trying it on several different machines around the Irish Sea wing of Vulture Towers, and enjoying the experience very much.

The Register 23m ago

Elevated Errors for Multiple Models

Subscribe to updates for Elevated errors for multiple models via email and/or text message. You'll receive email notifications when incidents are updated, and text message notifications whenever Claude creates or resolves an incident. VIA SMS: Afghanistan (+93) Albania (+355) Algeria (+213) American Samoa (+1) Andorra (+376) Angola (+244) Anguilla (+1) Antigua and Barbuda (+1) Argentina (+54) Armenia (+374) Aruba (+297) Australia/Cocos/Christmas Island (+61) Austria (+43) Azerbaijan (+994)...

Hacker News 39m ago

Nvidia Buying AI Platform Hugging Face in $13 Billion Deal

Nvidia has agreed to purchase artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face. The transaction is valued at about $13 billion and includes an up to $1 billion equity-based retention program for Hugging Face employees that join Nvidia. Carmen Reinicke reports on Bloomberg Television.

Bloomberg Technology 44m ago