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Nvidia entered into an agreement to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.93 billion, marking a major expansion of its presence in the artificial intelligence software and developer ecosystem. The deal, announced on September 3, 2026, is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027. Around $11.9 billion will be paid to Hugging Face shareholders, while approximately $1 billion in equity is reserved for employees. Hugging Face provides access to more than 18 million developers, researchers, and creators and hosts millions of AI models, datasets, and applications. The acquisition would strengthen Nvidia’s position beyond hardware and into AI software and model development.