Nvidia Reportedly Stops Flirting With Hugging Face and Just Buys It
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If Nvidia owns the default open-source model hub at a ~$13B price, the line between neutral ecosystem and vertically integrated stack gets blurry fast. Builders relying on Hugging Face as Switzerland should assume tighter coupling to Nvidia hardware and plan for at least one alternative distribution path.
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