NVIDIA Buying HuggingFace is not Good for Open Source

Fahd Mirza
7,341 views • August 29, 2026

NVIDIA's $12.9B acquisition of Hugging Face raises real questions about who controls open source AI's front door. 📬Weekly AI Newsletter: https://fahdmirza.substack.com/ 🔥 Buy Me a Coffee to support the channel: https://ko-fi.com/fahdmirza #nvidia #huggingface PLEASE FOLLOW ME: ▶ LinkedIn: / fahdmirza ▶ YouTube: / @fahdmirza ▶ Blog: https://www.fahdmirza.com RESOURCES: ▶ https://fahdmirza.com All rights reserved © Fahd Mirza

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