WSJ Tech News Briefing · Thursday, September 3, 2026
Nvidia has announced an agreement to purchase AI development platform Hugging Face for approximately $13 billion. The chipmaker aims to accelerate the adoption of open-weight, customizable AI models, contrasting with proprietary models from competitors. Hugging Face has become a key platform for machine learning collaboration.
“In its latest big ticket deal, Nvidia has agreed to buy AI development platform Hugging Face for about $13 billion.”
“The chipmaker says it wants to accelerate the spread of open weight, customizable AI models, as opposed to the proprietary models developed by companies like Open AI and Anthropic.”
“In recent years, Hugging Face has become a platform for engineers to collaborate on machine learning projects such as developing AI models and applications.”