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The pledge comes as Nvidia prepares a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, a deal expected to close in the first half of 2027.
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue pledged to intensify the company’s support for open-source AI after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s departure, saying the effort is critical and must continue.
He described Huang’s departure as a deeply sad moment and said Hugging Face would increase its effort to support open-source AI. He called the work critical and said the company should not slow its efforts. Hugging Face operates an open-source AI model platform.
Nvidia named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress interim CEO after Huang’s departure. In September, Nvidia announced plans to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion; the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027.
The proposed purchase would be Nvidia’s second-largest deal, behind its $20 billion acquisition of chip assets from Groq in December 2025. Nvidia has pledged to keep Hugging Face’s platform open. The U.S. Department of Justice opened an inquiry in October into the deal’s potential effect on competition in the AI market.
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