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- Is the fact that Nvidia is also massively financing the closed-models companies, which stand to lose when open model project(s) take off, a conflict of interest here? I can’t tell if this is nvidia hedging or planning to embrace & extinguish.by malwrar
- Happy for the hugging face team. Many great folks there who’ve waited patiently for HF to find a business model, and finally they get something even better.by gk1
- My understanding of Hugging Face is limited to "File Host with Model Cards". Can someone with more understanding explain what the $12 billion value comes from?by corysama
- Feels like acquiring Docker Hub (just the hub, not even Docker Inc that controls Docker the software) in ~2018. AI craze valuations are truly out there.by oefrha
- $12,930,300,000?
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- Not sure why this is news again this week when it was already announced previously. NYTimes was also reporting this like it was news today.by cmiles8
- These Hugging Face guys made out like BANDITS!!!! Good for them. My favorite part is they approached Jensen for the buyout. They knew, very smart and mature on the founders/board.by sealthedeal
- Discussed last week at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458161by lode