Observed Signal · Jan 24, 2023 · M&A - Announced · Source: Trending Topics · Impact: 4/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
Nvidia has confirmed it will acquire Hugging Face, the open-source AI model platform, for $12,930,300,000. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced the deal in a blog post, saying Hugging Face's community of more than 18 million developers, three million models and 200,000 enterprise users will benefit from Nvidia's infrastructure and engineering resources. Huang promised the platform will remain open, support all clouds and accelerators, and not require Nvidia compute. Hugging Face was founded by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf. The transaction is not formally closed and is expected to face antitrust review. Nvidia was already an investor in Hugging Face; the company was valued at $4.5 billion in its last major funding round roughly three years ago.
Nvidia's $12.9B acquisition of Hugging Face consolidates the leading open AI model distribution hub under the dominant AI chipmaker, influencing AI model development, infrastructure and platform strategy across the technology industry.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Nvidia announced the acquisition of Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000.
- Hugging Face reports more than 18 million developers and 200,000 companies use its platform.
- Hugging Face hosts over three million models, 500,000 datasets and one million applications.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed the deal in a blog post.
- The transaction is not yet closed and is expected to undergo antitrust review.
- Hugging Face was valued at $4.5 billion in its last major funding round.
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