BlogZone Get the app
Technology

Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion

The Verge 3 Sept 2026 1 views

Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, bringing one of the most popular hosting platforms for open-source AI models, datasets, and tools under the ownership of the world's biggest AI chipmaker.

Hugging Face is an online platform founded in 2016 that gives AI developers a space to share their projects and data with other users and the general public. It's often described as the "GitHub" for AI due to its browsable library of open-source machine learning models and emphasis on community collaboration features.

Speculation regarding a potential Hugging Face acquisition started on August 23rd, after Business Insider reported …

Read the full story at The Verge.

BlogZone shows headlines and summaries from public news feeds. The full story is published by The Verge.

Read the full story at The Verge →

Enjoyed this?

Get more stories like this — and write your own — in the BlogZone app.

Get the app

More in Technology

Technology

‘It’s a mistake for Nvidia to let Jensen resign’: reactions from tech leaders on Jensen Huang’s resignation

Nvidia announced this morning that Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO following reports of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with a direct report. The situation surrounding

The Verge · 3 min ago
Technology

The Oura Ring 4 is almost as good as the newer model, but $150 cheaper

The previous-generation Oura Ring 4 is on sale for as low as $249 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, $100 off the retail price, and the first big discount on the device since July. The price varies a bi

The Verge · 20 min ago
Technology

Nebius tests the neocloud playbook with $40 billion in planned spending

Nebius plans to fund its $40 billion AI infrastructure expansion through customer prepayments and loans, even as delays at a Microsoft data center raise questions about its financing model.

TechCrunch · 21 min ago