Nvidia acquires Hugging Face $13 billion deal

Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face in a deal valued at about $13 billion, per a Bloomberg Podcast Money Minute.

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Bloomberg Podcast Money Minute reported Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face for about $13 billion.· Bloomberg Podcast
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Nvidia announces acquisition of AI model hub for roughly $13 billion
From the article 3 mentionsAccording to a Bloomberg Podcast, Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face in a deal worth roughly $13 billion.
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From the articleThe target, Hugging Face, runs the dominant open model hub for transformers and datasets.
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Nvidia acquires Hugging FaceCore
Nvidia announces acquisition of AI model hub for roughly $13 billion
From the article 3 mentionsAccording to a Bloomberg Podcast, Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face in a deal worth roughly $13 billion.
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From the articleThe target, Hugging Face, runs the dominant open model hub for transformers and datasets.
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Traders drove major averages up at least 1 percent on headline
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Report surfaced in Bloomberg Podcast Money Minute as single line item
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Neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face has filed official acquisition paperwork
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According to a Bloomberg Podcast, Nvidia is acquiring Hugging Face in a deal worth roughly $13 billion.

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Companies working on this

Profiles of the companies named in this story, with funding and a one-liner from our database.

Anthropic
Private / $100B+ est
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, best known for the Claude family of models.
Hugging Face
$4.5B
Hugging Face is the leading AI community and platform for machine learning collaboration, enabling developers to build, share, and deploy models, datasets, and applications.
Tesla
$7.7B
Designs, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles, battery energy storage, and solar energy products.

A Federal Reserve official floated keeping rates steady rather than raising them, and traders drove major averages up at least 1 percent.

Nvidia was among the most actively traded names as the acquisition headline circulated.

The full discussion can be found on Bloomberg Podcast's YouTube channel.

Nvidia’s $13B AI Deal, Tesla Cybercab Launch Ahead: Bloomberg Money Minute - Bloomberg Podcast
Nvidia’s $13B AI Deal, Tesla Cybercab Launch Ahead: Bloomberg Money Minute, from Bloomberg Podcast

The target, Hugging Face, runs the dominant open model hub for transformers and datasets.

No filing has emerged, and neither party has disclosed the deal structure or expected closing date.

The same update noted Campbell shares slipped on weak fourth quarter sales while Tesla climbed ahead of its long-awaited Cybercab launch event.

What Bloomberg actually disclosed

The report described Nvidia as announcing the acquisition at a valuation of roughly $13 billion.

The item ran as a single line in a markets roundup, not as a standalone deal announcement with supporting documents.

Why it would matter if confirmed

Owning Hugging Face would give Nvidia a direct distribution layer for AI models tied to its compute stack.

It would also test regulators' appetite for vertical AI consolidation, particularly after Nvidia's surge alongside Anthropic IPO chatter.

For now investors have a headline price without a filing to verify it.

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