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Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B

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Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the open-source AI model hosting platform, for $12.9 billion. The deal marks Nvidia's second-largest acquisition, following its $20 billion purchase of Groq assets last year. Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and serves more than 18 million developers, and CEO Clément Delangue approached Nvidia this summer to pursue the deal.

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  1. Techmeme
    Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B, its second-biggest purchase after it paid $20B for Groq assets at the end of last year (Ari Levy/CNBC)

    Ari Levy / CNBC : Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B, its second-biggest purchase after it paid $20B for Groq assets at the end of last year — Nvidia has officially agreed to buy open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as the chipmaker moves beyond hardware and further up the AI stack.

  2. Hacker Newstosh
    Nvidia to acquire Hugging FaceHN

    https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face...

  3. The Verge AIJess Weatherbed
    Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion

    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. "Together, we will scale Hugging Face's platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for develo … Read the full story at The Verge.

  4. TechCrunch AIIvan Mehta
    Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

    Nvidia said Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and is used by over 18 million developers.

  5. Techmeme
    A profile of Hugging Face, which started in 2016 to build a sassy chatbot for teens; CEO Clément Delangue says he approached Nvidia this summer to pursue a deal (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal : A profile of Hugging Face, which started in 2016 to build a sassy chatbot for teens; CEO Clément Delangue says he approached Nvidia this summer to pursue a deal — The startup began as an emoji-named app for teens before becoming a crusader for open-source AI

  6. Techmeme
    Q&A with Jensen Huang and Clément Delangue on the Nvidia-Hugging Face deal, scaling open-source models, the rumored $1B talent retention plan, and more (CNBC)

    CNBC : Q&A with Jensen Huang and Clément Delangue on the Nvidia-Hugging Face deal, scaling open-source models, the rumored $1B talent retention plan, and more — Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC exclusive interview with Nvidia Founder & CEO Jensen Huang …

  7. Hacker Newstheanonymousone
    Georgi Gerganov on llama.cpp/ggml future after Nvidia acquisition of HuggingFaceHN

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