Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang's exit
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TLDRHugging Face CEO Clément Delangue called Jensen Huang's exit a really sad day while vowing to keep fighting harder than ever for open-source AI. Nvidia's proposed acquisition of the platform faces antitrust scrutiny, raising questions about the future of open-weight models without Huang's vocal advocacy.
Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue briefly commented on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s departure on Thursday, calling it a “really sad day.” Nvidia had announced its plan to acquire the platform for open source AI models in September for $12.9 billion, making it the second-largest acquisition in the company’s history, just behind that of chipmaker Groq’s assets for $20 billion in December 2025.
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