The Nvidia-Hugging Face deal points to a shift in A.I. economics, argues A.I. expert Mike Pino: as models become more accessible, the competitive advantage may lie in the ecosystems and workflow surfaces that turn capability into adoption.
For the sum of thirteen billion dollars, Nvidia recently acquired Hugging Face, a company specializing in artificial intelligence. This acquisition allowed the three French founders to become billionaires. Their fortune is estimated at 1.55 billion euros.