Nvidia targets Hugging Face in $13B deal for open-weight AI

nvidia is in talks to acquire hugging face, a platform for sharing open-weight ai models and benchmarks, for $13 billion. hugging face is a central hub for developers building and deploying llms outside of frontier labs. the acquisition would give nvidia access to a large user base and help drive adoption of its chips and standards. this move is part of nvidia's strategy to reduce its dependence on deals with major hyperscalers and frontier labs, which are increasingly building their own inference chips. the deal comes on the heels of nvidia's $6 billion agreement with poolside and stripe's $7 billion acquisition of openrouter.