{"id":2654064,"date":"2026-09-03T11:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nvidia-buys-hugging-face-for-13-billion-despite-openai-hacking\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:46:49","slug":"nvidia-buys-hugging-face-for-13-billion-despite-openai-hacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nvidia-buys-hugging-face-for-13-billion-despite-openai-hacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $13 billion despite OpenAI hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnvidia-buys-hugging-face-for-13-billion-despite-openai-hacking%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654064&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nvidia has announced its intention to acquire artificial intelligence company Hugging Face for approximately $13 billion, aiming to promote open AI models globally. Unlike closed systems used by companies like OpenAI, Nvidia seeks to expand access to open models that can be downloaded, customized, and operated on users&#8217; own servers. This move is part of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang\u2019s broader effort to support open AI development, with Hugging face serving as a repository for millions of models and datasets used by startups, businesses, and institutions. Nvidia plans to retain the Hugging Face brand and expects to finalize the deal by 2027, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crypto-exchange-blockfi-to-sell-for-25-million-in-fire-sale-down-99-from-last-valuation\/\" title=\"Crypto Exchange BlockFi to Sell for  Million in Fire Sale - Down 99% From Last Valuation\">pending regulatory approval<\/a>. The acquisition follows Hugging Face being targeted in a cyberattack involving OpenAI models in July, raising concerns about AI safety and autonomy. Huang highlighted that open models facilitate innovation, safety, and accessibility across various sectors. Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue noted that the company&#8217;s growth and need for resources prompted the deal. The company\u2019s platform is widely used, with over 18 million users sharing or utilizing millions of models and datasets. Nvidia&#8217;s investment underscores its commitment to open-source AI and broadening access to advanced AI technologies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia announced plans Thursday to acquire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\">artificial intelligence<\/a> company Hugging Face for roughly $13 billion, as the chip company looks to spread \u201copen\u201d AI models globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While major industry players such as OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT and Anthropic\u2019s Claude operate on \u201cclosed\u201d AI systems, Nvidia is seeking to expand the market for open models that users can freely download on their own servers and customize, among other features. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang\u2019s deal to acquire Hugging Face marks a major development in his effort to expand the open model system, as the acquired company serves as a repository for millions of models and data sets.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4711638\/nvidia-buy-hugging-face-13-billion\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $13 billion despite OpenAI hacking<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4710790\/delta-american-trump-accounts-matching-efforts\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two major airlines join $1,000 Trump Accounts matching efforts: White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4708318\/new-jersey-attorney-general-paramount-merger-lawsuit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Jersey attorney general drives wedge between state leaders over Paramount merger lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOpen models let startups, businesses, universities and public institutions build on advanced capabilities without training every model from scratch,\u201d Huang said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face\/\">in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThey enable organizations to match the right model to the right job. That is how AI can advance safely, strengthen cybersecurity and sovereignty, accelerate innovation, and reach factories, hospitals, farms, classrooms and Main Street businesses around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia has become the world\u2019s most valuable company due to its status as the biggest designer of advanced chips powering and training AI models.\u00a0With Nvidia\u2019s acquisition of Hugging Face, one of its largest-ever deals, the chipmaker can continue to look beyond hardware. The deal comes after Hugging Face was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4658569\/openai-model-unprecedented-autonomous-hack-hugging-face\/\">the victim<\/a> of an autonomous cyberattack carried out by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4702588\/roughly-700-openai-agents-involved-hugging-face-hack\/\">hundreds of OpenAI models<\/a> in July, a development that stoked concern about AI\u2019s power to operate rationally without human direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia plans to maintain the Hugging Face brand and hopes to close the deal by 2027 if regulators readily approve the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will have to get through all the regulatory review, but we think overwhelmingly they\u2019re going to see this as really a positive outcome,\u201d Justin Boitano, vice president of enterprise AI at Nvidia, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/776dcb01-75cd-44df-bc52-63ca76d5718d?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">told<\/a> the <em>Financial Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue said Thursday that he reached out to Huang over the summer about a deal, \u201cand a few weeks later, here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the summer, I think we realized that Hugging Face and open-source AI in general [were] at the turning point, and that it needed more, more resources, more scale, more visibility,\u201d Delangue said during an interview on CNBC\u2019s <em>Squawk Box<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4667384\/hugging-face-openai-agent-day-before-attack-delayed-detection\/\"><strong>HUGGING FACE SAYS OPENAI AGENT WAS IN SYSTEM DAYS BEFORE ATTACK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huang said he moved to acquire Hugging Face in part because over 18 million developers, researchers, and creators use the company to share more than 3 million models, 500,000 datasets, and 1 million applications. More than 200,000 companies use the platform to discover, evaluate, customize, and deploy AI, according to Huang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNVIDIA has been committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-and-china-reportedly-set-to-have-ai-talks-in-september\/\" title=\"US and China reportedly set to have ... talks in September\">open-weight models<\/a> for years, demonstrated by multiyear investments and major contributions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-daughters-face-could-be-hijacked-for-deepfake-porn\/\" title=\"Beware: Your Daughter&#039;s Face Vulnerable to &#039;Deepfake&#039; Porn\">open-source platforms<\/a>, including Hugging Face,\u201d he said. \u201cNVIDIA has said that open models, data, and tools broaden access to AI, and it has contributed hundreds of open models and datasets to Hugging Face as part of that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face for $13B to expand open AI models<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2654065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26238747371061.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32357,85073,27915,20164,85074],"class_list":["post-2654064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-hugging-face","tag-nvidia","tag-openai","tag-tech-acquisition"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26238747371061.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654068,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654064\/revisions\/2654068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}