# Nvidia's Hugging Face Acquisition

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Podcast: [Generative AI 101](https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-101-6932184)
Published: 2026-09-01T10:13:00+00:00
Episode link: https://generativeai101.podbean.com/e/nvidias-hugging-face-acquisition/
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## Resource

Nvidia reportedly agreed to pay $12.9 billion for Hugging Face, a company doing roughly $150 million a year. Host Emily Laird takes apart the math and explains why the price only makes sense if you stop thinking about subscriptions and start thinking about who controls the moment a developer picks a model. The real asset is habit: millions of small decisions about where to find, tune, and run open models, plus the compute bill that follows. Also on the table: what happens to Hugging Face's neutrality when the largest chip vendor on the planet owns the front door. 🎯 JOIN THE AI WEEKLY MEETUPS https://www.uwstout.edu/ai-weekly-meetup 📩 EMAIL REMINDERS FOR THE MEETUPS https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/2101263/1779703/ 💬 CONNECT WITH EMILY LAIRD ON LINKEDIN http://www.linkedin.com/in/meet-emily-laird

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