TechCrunch
03 Sept 2026, 12:42 UTC · 6w ago
Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
Impact · against what's priced in
Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face provides a concrete catalyst for its software expansion, which the market had previously been discounting. Uber's layoffs are not addressed in its current valuation model, and GoPro's acquisition is new information.
- NVDA+0.40
Challenges what's priced in
- The price assumes
The $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition, which signals an expansion into software and model hosting that the price does not yet assume.





