Nvidia in talks to acquire Hugging Face in $13 billion deal, Business Insider reports

Nvidia has reportedly engaged in serious discussions to acquire open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face in a transaction that could value the company at more than $13 billion, according to a Business Insider report citing a person familiar with the matter. Reuters noted that it could not immediately verify the details of the reported acquisition talks. If completed, the multi-billion-dollar deal would mark one of the largest acquisitions in Nvidia's history and represent a significant strategic expansion beyond its core semiconductor and hardware operations. Hugging Face functions as a vital central repository and collaboration hub for machine learning researchers, developers, and open-source AI models worldwide. Integrating Hugging Face into Nvidia's ecosystem would significantly strengthen the chipmaker's software moat, tighten developer dependence on its proprietary CUDA software architecture, and expand its direct influence over modern enterprise AI deployment pipelines.