Observed Signal · Feb 8, 2023 · M&A - Announced · Source: Trending Topics · Impact: 4/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Nvidia to Acquire AI Model Hub Hugging Face for $12.93B
Nvidia confirmed in a blog post by CEO Jensen Huang that it will acquire Hugging Face, the open-source AI model platform, for $12.93 billion. Hugging Face hosts more than three million models, 500,000 datasets, and one million applications, used by over 18 million developers and 200,000 companies. Huang said the platform will remain open and multi-cloud, and Nvidia compute will not be required to build on or distribute via Hugging Face. The acquisition is not yet final and is expected to face antitrust review. Nvidia was already an investor in Hugging Face, which was valued at $4.5 billion in its last major funding round. The deal extends Nvidia's strategy around open-weight models and its CUDA ecosystem, following a pledged $26 billion investment in open-source AI over five years. Hugging Face's team and brand will remain.
The $12.93B acquisition of the largest open AI model hub is a major infrastructure move that could shape the availability and distribution of AI technologies widely used across the adtech and martech ecosystem.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000 (USD).
- Hugging Face hosts over 3 million AI models, 500,000 datasets, and 1 million applications.
- More than 18 million developers and 200,000 companies use the Hugging Face platform.
- The acquisition is not yet completed and is expected to undergo antitrust review.
- Hugging Face was valued at $4.5 billion in its latest major funding round.
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