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Nvidia Acquires Hugging Face for $12.9B in AI Push
- Investors monitoring the infrastructure space should watch Nvidia ($NVDA+WL) as it seeks to integrate Hugging Face, potentially strengthening its competitive position against rivals like Microsoft and Alphabet in the expanding model market.
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Nvidia announced September 3 its agreement to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.9 billion. This strategic move aims to bolster Nvidia's position in the artificial intelligence landscape by integrating a leading open-source AI model platform.
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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, a prominent platform for AI model sharing, in a deal valued at roughly $12.9 billion. The transaction, announced on September 3, is anticipated to close in the first half of 2027. Nvidia stated that Hugging Face will maintain its status as an open platform, without requiring Nvidia compute for development.
This acquisition marks a significant increase in deal size compared to Nvidia's previous largest acquisition, Mellanox, which was bought for approximately $6.9 billion in 2019 and closed in April 2020. The Hugging Face deal's valuation is nearly double that of Mellanox, underscoring the strategic importance Nvidia places on AI infrastructure.
### Story Arc / How We Got Here Nvidia announced on August 27, 2026, its intent to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion in cash and stock. This move was seen as a significant expansion beyond Nvidia's core hardware business, giving the chip giant direct control over a major open-source AI model hub. The transaction at the time awaited regulatory approval. For more on this prior coverage, see: /explore/nvidia-acquire-ai-platform-hugging-face-12-9b-deal.
### Money Play - Investors monitoring the AI infrastructure space should watch Nvidia ($NVDA+WL) as it seeks to integrate Hugging Face, potentially strengthening its competitive position against rivals like Microsoft ($MSFT+WL) and Alphabet ($GOOGL+WL) in the expanding AI model market.
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Nvidia is buying a massive hub for sharing artificial intelligence models for $12.9 billion to grow beyond just making computer chips. People who follow money are watching this because it connects Nvidia closer to the actual AI software developers use every day.
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Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion to expand its presence in open-source AI.
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