Nvidia buys the front door to open AI as closed labs increasingly design their own silicon
AITopTools Editorial TeamSeptember 3, 2026
What changed
Nvidia plans to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9 billion. The platform is used by more than 18 million developers and 200,000 companies, and Nvidia says it would remain open and compatible with different hardware.
What this means for you
If completed, the deal could give Nvidia influence over a major place where companies find and use AI models, while users would still be promised hardware choice. The transaction is planned, not yet completed.