TechCrunch · Startups · 2026-08-28
N Nvidia is reportedly buying Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open-weight
N Nvidia is reportedly buying Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open-weight AI models and benchmarks. Rumors of that deal come after Nvidia struck a $6 billion agreement with Poolside. Stripe acquired OpenRouter, the top provider of open- Weight models to businesses, for more than $7 billion. Just 6% of companies use open-Weight models, according to a survey of spending data. There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
Why it matters. Why it matters: N Nvidia is reportedly buying Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open-weight AI models and benchmarks.
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