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PublishedAugust 27, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
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Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business.
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