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On September 3, 2026, Nvidia announced its acquisition of the AI model hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. Previously, Hugging Face had rejected Nvidia’s offer of $500 million due to concerns about maintaining independence. However, this transaction was seen as the ideal timing for a strategic alignment between the two parties. Clement Delanou, CEO of Hugging Face, stated that the goal after the merger is to increase the number of users from the current 18 million to 100 million in the coming years, and he emphasized that cooperation would provide security for long-term development and community optimization. Justin Botoño, vice president of Nvidia’s enterprise computing division, noted that the merger aims to help Hugging Face expand AI access globally while maintaining the platform’s openness and neutrality, not limited to Nvidia hardware, to support developers in running models on various cloud platforms and data centers. Both parties stated that they were not concerned by antitrust regulations and believed that this move would facilitate the integration of AI technology into various industries across countries.
Nvidia 收购 Hugging Face AI 模型平台
Hugging Face 首席执行官克莱门特·德拉努瓦宣布，在英伟达以 129 亿美元收购该 AI 模型枢纽后，平台目标是在未来几年内将用户数从目前的 1800 万提升至 1 亿。德拉努表示，尽管公司此前因维护独立性而拒绝过英伟达的 5 亿美元投资要约，但此次合作被视为“行星对齐”的最佳时机，能为长期发展和社区优化提供安全保障。英伟达企业计算副总裁贾斯汀·博塔诺强调，该合并旨在帮助 Hugging Face 在全球范围内扩展 AI 访问权限，并坚持平台保持开放、中立，不局限于英伟达硬件，以支持开发者在各类云平台和数据中心运行模型。双方均表示不受反垄断监管担忧影响，认为此举有利于将 AI 融入各国各行业。