# Nvidia Reportedly in Advanced Talks to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion

> Nvidia is reportedly deep in talks to buy Hugging Face, the company that has become the default public library for open machine learning models, at a price near 12.9 billion dollars. Nothing is signed, and TechCrunch cautions the deal could still collapse, but the figure alone is striking: Hugging Face was valued at 4.5 billion dollars in 2023, and Nvidia itself floated a roughly 7 billion dollar valuation in a 500 million dollar investment offer late in 2025. If it closes, the acquisition would pull the neutral, community-facing home of open-source AI under the roof of the company that already sells most of the chips those models run on. That vertical reach is exactly what makes the story interesting and a little uncomfortable. Researchers and startups lean on Hugging Face precisely because it is not owned by any one hardware or model vendor, and Nvidia ownership would test whether that openness survives. For now it is a rumor with a big number attached, but it signals how badly the compute giant wants to own the layer where developers actually find and share models.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: TechCrunch · Published Thursday, August 27, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Nvidia is reportedly deep in talks to buy Hugging Face, the company that has become the default public library for open machine learning models, at a price near 12.9 billion dollars. Nothing is signed, and TechCrunch cautions the deal could still collapse, but the figure alone is striking: Hugging Face was valued at 4.5 billion dollars in 2023, and Nvidia itself floated a roughly 7 billion dollar valuation in a 500 million dollar investment offer late in 2025. If it closes, the acquisition would pull the neutral, community-facing home of open-source AI under the roof of the company that already sells most of the chips those models run on. That vertical reach is exactly what makes the story interesting and a little uncomfortable. Researchers and startups lean on Hugging Face precisely because it is not owned by any one hardware or model vendor, and Nvidia ownership would test whether that openness survives. For now it is a rumor with a big number attached, but it signals how badly the compute giant wants to own the layer where developers actually find and share models.

## Source

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/)

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