Archive · 5 Sep 2026
NVIDIA Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion
NVIDIA plans to buy Hugging Face, a popular home for AI tools and models.
Hugging Face helps people find, share, test and use AI models.
It has more than 3 million models, 500,000 datasets and 1 million applications.
More than 18 million people and over 200,000 companies use the platform.
NVIDIA says Hugging Face will stay open after the purchase.
People will still be able to choose different models, cloud services and computer hardware.
They will not have to use NVIDIA computers to build or deploy AI through the platform.
Hugging Face’s leaders and team are expected to remain with the company.
Its CEO says the partnership could help make open-source AI more widely available.
NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face in a deal valued at $12.93 billion.
Hugging Face hosts more than 3 million models, 500,000 datasets and 1 million applications.
More than 18 million developers, researchers and creators use Hugging Face, along with over 200,000 companies.
NVIDIA says Hugging Face will remain open, independent, multi-cloud and compatible with different computing hardware.
Co-founder Clement Delangue says the companies aim to empower 100 million AI builders through open-source AI.
- Who
- NVIDIA and Hugging Face are involved. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced the agreement, while Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clement Delangue discussed its goals.
- What
- NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, an open-source AI model platform, for $12.93 billion.
- When
- The announcement was made on Thursday; the exact date is not specified.
- Where
- Hugging Face is based in New York and operates a global platform for AI developers, researchers, creators and companies.
- Why
- NVIDIA says the acquisition will scale Hugging Face, strengthen its infrastructure and expand global access to AI. Hugging Face says more computing, support, collaboration and visibility are needed to expand open-source AI.
- Acquirer
- NVIDIA
- Target
- Hugging Face
- Deal value
- $12.93 billion
- Models hosted
- More than 3 million
- Datasets hosted
- More than 500,000
- Applications hosted
- Around 1 million
- Platform users
- More than 18 million developers, researchers and creators
- Companies using platform
- More than 200,000
