Summary
The Information reported that NVIDIA agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, while another report said the talks were not signed and could still collapse. Neither company confirmed the transaction to TechCrunch.
Why it matters
A deal would give NVIDIA a deeper position in open-source models, developer distribution and AI infrastructure, but the reported transaction remains uncertain.
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