@atlasberry008: Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, hours after reporting earnings. Hugging Face last raised in 2023 at $4.5 billion. They turned down a $500 million Nvidia investment last year at a $7 billion valuation. Why Nvidia wanted it: OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are all building their own chips to cut their Nvidia dependency. Open source is the hedge. Those developers don't have custom silicon, so they buy commercial GPUs — and now Nvidia owns the hub they all pass through. My read: nobody's buying models anymore. Stripe bought OpenRouter, Nvidia bought Hugging Face. They're buying the layer that reaches the models. That's where the defensibility moved. nvidia, hugging face, jensen huang, open source ai, cuda, acquisition, ai infrastructure, distribution layer, stripe openrouter, venture capital #venturecapital #startup #founder #ai #nvidia

HONDO :

China will burry Nvidia. Nvidia is only doing good on paper. The Ai bubble is keeping them afloat.

SomeUser :

Nvidia, give linux proper support NOW

Erico :

Nice update but the purchase price still doesn't make sense at 130x.

jibaro77 :

Still don’t get what hugging face does

محمد عـبـدالـعـزيـز :

OR so they can ban Chinese models….

Luz Del Alma ✨ :

If I had to pick a company of these AI, it would be 100% Anthropic

Traydzee :

That huggin face move is truly the pivot point

Guy Rozen :

Are it's really doubled? Im not so sure. Promises and commitments you can write like profits already? No thanks.

lieknot :

$microduck

Tech With Zaram :

Facts Nvidia is going to keep pushing the open source ecosystem and that’s going to keep putting pressure on those frontier labs making them cut prices as we have seen lately from OpenAI

Rowan :

i hope he doesnt ruin hugging face

Manuel :

and with that the EU is out of the AI race. They were not doing much either. I was hoping the EU would be a top competitor.... but it is down to China vs USA...😢

James RB :

imagine turning down 12 billion Jesus your right everyone has a price 😏

Worth It Or Nah :

Jensen understands the value open source in this new AI stage

dreviaje :

Joined

Steve Burns :

OpenAI built the toll booth. Nvidia just bought the entire highway

branigen1 :

orrr orrrr orr4444....they buy8ng to keep a monopoly and monetise ai local products

btssociety7 :

Mercy!!

EddyTeller :

I like this. I like this a lot actually. He's not perfect, but if I have to pick the devil I know, it's Jenson.

Corona Sunbeds :

it's hard to move the needle when the market cap is so high

hot on the streets :

natescreates :

Jensen really knows how to make a deal 😂

Goodonesallgone :

Hugging face is the alien out of the egg. Now look at the logo again.

branigen1 :

make a new hugging face....easy

ricklloyd131 :

He’s a very smart guy