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# Nvidia confirms $12.9 billion deal to buy Hugging Face
- URL: https://fabric.media/nvidia-confirms-12-9-billion-deal-to-buy-hugging-face/
- Published: 2026-09-03T16:05:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T16:05:12.000Z
- Description: Nvidia has acquired Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, absorbing a platform hosting three million models, one million apps, and half a million datasets used by over 18 million developers.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Ad-tech, AI, Ivan Mehta, Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B

**Why it matters.** Developers building on open models now route through infrastructure owned by the dominant AI chipmaker, even as Nvidia pledges no compute lock-in.

*Signal from* [*TechCrunch (AI)*](https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/?ref=fabric.media) *·* [*Ivan Mehta*](https://fabric.media/tag/by-ivan-mehta/) *·* [*read the original*](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/nvidia-confirms-it-will-buy-hugging-face-for-12-9-billion/?ref=fabric.media)*.*