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Why Clément Delangue Sold Hugging Face to Nvidia After Turning It Down

  • Sissi Cao, Sissi Cao--Observer
  • published date: 2026-09-03 20:45:00 UTC

After years of resisting major outside investment, Hugging Face is joining Nvidia as open-source models gain momentum against proprietary rivals.

Clément Delangue in 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As of a few months ago, Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue was still reluctant to have a single dominant investor in his company, which hadn’t … [+4933 chars]