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Nvidia has completed its $12.93 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, the leading open-source AI model repository. CEO Jensen Huang pledged the platform will remain open and model-agnostic, but the deal gives Nvidia strategic leverage against hyperscalers and AI labs building their own chips, while also opening opportunities in robotics via Hugging Face's Pollen Robotics subsidiary.
Nvidia is in talks to acquire Hugging Face for over $13 billion, putting the open-source AI platform's future under chipmaker control. The deal would give Nvidia ownership of the infrastructure that millions of developers use daily — but risks alienating the community that made Hugging Face central to AI development.
Taiwan indicted nine Nvidia and Supermicro employees for smuggling high-end B300 AI servers to China, bypassing US export controls. The scheme used forged documents and transshipment via Indonesia and Japan; 74 servers reached China while 56 were seized. The case highlights compliance risks for US chipmakers in the China market.