Report Claims Nvidia Will Acquire Hugging Face
Social posts circulate an exclusive report from The Information on the proposed acquisition.
Amir Efrati, executive editor at The Information, posted that Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion and shared a screenshot of the exclusive report. Reactions on X welcomed the move as a win for open-source AI and Nvidia's ecosystem, while some users worried it could reduce Hugging Face's neutrality or openness. Jessica Lessin credited the reporting team. The claim originates from The Information; no completed transaction appears in the provided evidence.
🚨big news y'all: Nvidia agrees to take Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. More details below
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Matthew Berman@MatthewBermanWhoa. Grok cost them $20b and HF is $12.9b. Great purchase IMO. Building up the open source ecosystem helps NVIDIA tremendously. All roads lead to NVIDIA.
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MB Matthew Berman@MatthewBermanKevin Durant invested in HuggingFace's seed round
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MT Matt Turck@mattturckTruly a win-win-win: * NVIDIA is officially the center of open source AI w/ Nemotron and now HF * Hugging Face scores huge + gets the perfect home (no more nagging re business model!) * Open source AI wins! Massive congrats to friends @ClementDelangue, @Thom_Wolf (+ @ctnzr!)
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JL Jessica Lessin@JessicalessinRemarkable scoop from the team that just doesn’t stop. @amir @validapau @theinformation
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LB Leo Boytsov@srchvrsGreat news, congratulation to folks at HuggingFace. Let's hope the deal will be finalized smoothly!
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