# Nvidia's Hugging Face Buyout: A Brilliant Move or an Antitrust Nightmare?

> Source: <https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/167075/nvidias-hugging-face-buyout-a-brilliant-move-or-an-antitrust-nightmare>
> Published: 2026-09-03 16:12:58+00:00

It's official: Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as formally announced in a b[log post](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face/) by CEO Jensen Huang this morning. While multi-billion-dollar [AI acquisitions](https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/165622/spacex-acquires-ai-coding-platform-cursor-for-60-billion) have become commonplace, a lot of people are scratching their heads …