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Hugging Face
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Operates a platform for sharing and using machine-learning models, datasets and applications.
Operates a platform for sharing and using machine-learning models, datasets and applications.
It hosts the models, datasets and tools that a large share of the AI developer community uses daily, making it a central distribution point for open AI software. NVIDIA agreed on 2 September 2026 to acquire Hugging Face for about $11.9 billion; the deal is pending regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first half of 2027.
Sells enterprise subscriptions, compute and hosting services layered on top of a free public model/dataset hub.
United States / France
AI infrastructure software. The tools developers use to build, train, deploy and manage AI systems: the software layer that sits between raw computing power and a finished AI product.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.
Connections (7)
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Current relationships (6)
Source: 2025-11-13 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active as of joint announcement
Limits: Confirms technical/product integration; does not establish revenue, exclusivity, or investment between the companies.
Building for an Open Future - our new partnership with Google Cloud ↗Source: 2025-08-05 · reviewed 2026-09-24
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: Covers two open-weight models only and implies no commercial arrangement or payment between OpenAI and Hugging Face. It says nothing about OpenAI's proprietary GPT models, which are not distributed this way.
Introducing gpt-oss ↗Source: 2025-02-04 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Published February 2025; models remain available
Limits: This shows model distribution through Hugging Face's platform, not a financial, investment or exclusive commercial relationship between the two companies.
π0 and π0-FAST: Vision-Language-Action Models for General Robot Control ↗Source: 2023-02-21 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active; integration continued to be referenced in AWS materials as of mid-2026
Limits: Does not establish exclusivity versus Hugging Face's other cloud partnerships (e.g., Google Cloud, Azure) or any revenue/financial terms.
Hugging Face and AWS partner to make AI more accessible ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-17
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Catalog documented
Limits: Publishing relationship only. Does not establish paid services, investment or compute purchases.
NVIDIA organization on Hugging Face ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-24
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating
Limits: The page carries no publication date, so no date is claimed here. Hosting on Hugging Face does not establish any payment between the companies, an exclusive distribution arrangement, or how many downloads occur.
meta-llama (Meta Llama) organization page on Hugging Face ↗Dated or announced (1)
Source: 2026-09-03 · reviewed 2026-09-27
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Definitive agreement signed 2 September 2026; pending close (expected first half of 2027)
Limits: An agreement disclosed by NVIDIA. It does not establish that the acquisition has closed or received regulatory approval; the $11.9 billion is subject to adjustments and excludes the separate retention program of up to about $1.0 billion for Hugging Face employees.
NVIDIA Corporation Form 8-K filed 3 September 2026 (agreement to acquire Hugging Face) ↗Hugging Face homepage ↗
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