Exclusive-US DOJ is inquiring about Nvidia’s purchase of Hugging Face, sources say
The inquiry adds to a years-long antitrust probe into Nvidia’s acquisitions and sales practices as officials examine whether the deal could hurt rivals.
- The Justice Department is questioning technology company Nvidia's $12.9B acquisition of Hugging Face, examining whether the deal would allow the company to "capture a fundamental distribution point for AI."
- These inquiries run alongside a years-long antitrust investigation into Nvidia's conduct that began under President Joe Biden and continues under President Donald Trump, covering acquisitions and sales practices.
- Officials are investigating if Nvidia could leverage Hugging Face to harm competitors, alongside scrutiny of whether the company exerted pressure on customers or unfairly bundled products with other offerings.
- Nvidia expects the acquisition to close in the first half of 2027, maintaining that Hugging Face will continue to support various chip, cloud, and AI providers after the deal completes.
- Regulators have also scrutinized Nvidia's other transactions, including deals for Groq, SchedMD, and Run, as the DOJ evaluates the chipmaker's extensive influence across the AI industry.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jung Joo-ho = The U.S. Department of Justice [is investigating] the impact of Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face on artificial intelligence (AI) competition, as well as Nvidia's operating methods...
Hugging Face also sells infrastructure and collaborative tools to organizations working with proprietary and closed AI, including chip companies
DOJ looks into Nvidia's $12.9B Hugging Face deal, Reuters reports
The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect competition in AI, including whether it would hand Nvidia a key distribution point for models. The questions run alongside a years-long probe into Nvidia’s conduct. The US Justice Department is asking how Nvidia’s $12.9B purchase of Hugging Face would affect […] This story continues at The Next Web
DOJ Inquires About Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal, Reuters Says
The US Justice Department is making inquiries about Nvidia Corp.’s agreement to acquire AI model company Hugging Face for about $13 billion, part of broader regulatory scrutiny of the chip giant, Reuters reported.
Exclusive-US DOJ is inquiring about Nvidia’s purchase of Hugging Face, sources say
By Max A. Cherney, Jeffrey Dastin and Jody Godoy SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The US Department of Justice has made inquiries about how Nvidia’s $12.93 billion deal to buy open-source platform Hugging Face would affect competition in artificial in...
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