On August 28th, according to The InformationNvidiaAGREED TO PURCHASE OPEN SOURCE AI MODEL AND DATA SET PLATFORM AT $12.9 BILLION Hugging FaceI don't know. Young Wida and Hugging Face remain unanswered; if the deal is completed, it will be one of the largest acquisitions in history。
Hugging Face hosts open source models, data sets and tools for developers. The report mentions that the platform currently earns approximately $150 million annually. In Weida participated in its financing as early as 2023, when Hugo Face was valued at $4.5 billion。
The purchase will also allow the UK to take direct control of key distribution platforms in AI's open-source ecology. In July this year, Hugging Face ' s infrastructure was invaded by intelligent bodies in the OpenAI internal security assessment, affecting some production nodes and clusters。