# Nvidia acquires Hugging Face: partnership

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Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the open-source AI model hub, for $12.9 billion. Nvidia was already a shareholder from a 2023 round valuing Hugging Face at $4.5B. The deal would give Nvidia control of the largest repository of open-source AI models and a cloud inference platform. Neither company has publicly confirmed as of Aug 27, 2026.

- **Type:** investment
- **Status:** announced
- **Verification posture:** reported (press-release-only)

## Parties (2)

- [NVIDIA](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/nvidia.md) investor partner
- [Hugging Face](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hugging-face.md) other

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2026-08-26

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/nvidia-hugging-face-acquisition.html
2. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/
3. https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-talks-acquire-hugging-face-13-billion-deal-business-insider-reports-2026-08-27/


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