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Nvidia Buys Hugging Face for $12.93B, Because Why Not Buy the Whole AI Playground
Nvidia drops $12.93 billion on Hugging Face, because when you're the AI chip king, you buy the whole open-source playground to keep your throne.
2026-09-04
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