NVIDIA is reportedly close to acquiring Hugging Face
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Foreign media reports that NVIDIA is close to acquiring Hugging Face for approximately $13 billion, and the transaction will strengthen its position in the fields of open-source AI and cloud computing power distribution.
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多家外媒披露,英伟达正接近收购开源 AI 平台 Hugging Face,交易估值约在 129 亿至 130 亿美元之间。不过截至目前,双方尚未公布正式签署结果,谈判仍存在变数。

估值较上一轮大幅抬升

Hugging Face 上一次公开融资发生在 2023 年。当时公司完成 2.35 亿美元融资,估值为 45 亿美元,投资方包括 Salesforce Ventures、Alphabet 旗下 GV、IBM Ventures 以及英伟达。

如果这次交易按约 130 亿美元推进,意味着公司估值较上一轮明显抬升。报道还提到,英伟达在 2025 年底曾提出 5 亿美元投资方案,对 Hugging Face 的估值约为 70 亿美元,但当时未获接受。

英伟达看中开源模型生态

这笔潜在收购的核心,在于英伟达希望巩固其在 AI 基础设施市场的主导地位。随着 OpenAI、谷歌、亚马逊和 Anthropic 等大型闭源实验室推进自研芯片,市场对英伟达硬件的单一依赖正在下降。

在这一背景下,开源模型生态的重要性上升。更多开发者和企业如果继续围绕开放模型训练、部署和推理,仍会带动对英伟达 GPU 和相关软件栈的需求。Hugging Face 作为开源模型社区和分发平台,正处在这一生态的关键位置。

今年以来,Hugging Face 管理层也多次公开支持开放模型路线。公司首席执行官 Clem Delangue 曾在公开采访中呼吁美国政府支持开放模型,而不是限制相关技术扩散。

或借此重返云服务市场

除模型生态外,云计算也是这笔交易的重要看点。报道指出,英伟达此前已缩减自有云业务 DGX Cloud 的规模,而 Hugging Face 已具备帮助开发者租用算力并运行模型的能力。

若将 Hugging Face 纳入体系,英伟达可以更快切入 AI 云服务和算力分发市场,而不必从头搭建完整平台。这也有助于其把芯片销售、模型托管和开发者服务进一步打通。

另一个现实因素是算力消化。英伟达此前曾承诺为客户的大规模云算力协议提供支持。如果部分客户未能用完已签约的算力资源,英伟达就需要寻找新的承接方。拥有 Hugging Face 后,这部分闲置算力有机会被转售给平台客户。

Hugging Face收入仍小但增长很快

据报道,Hugging Face 近期年化收入约为 1.5 亿美元,而两个月前约为 1 亿美元,增长速度较快。公司管理层上月也曾表示,业务已接近盈利。

不过,以接近 130 亿美元的价格衡量,这仍是一笔高倍数收购。对一家收入规模仍相对有限的 AI 平台来说,这样的报价并不常见,也显示出买方对其生态位置的重视。

近期 AI 基础设施赛道的整合也在加快。报道提到,支付公司 Stripe 本月早些时候也已收购模型路由初创公司 OpenRouter,后者此前在 5 月融资时估值约为 13 亿美元。

如果英伟达最终完成对 Hugging Face 的收购,全球 AI 产业的竞争重点,可能将进一步从单纯的模型能力,转向芯片、开源生态、云算力与开发者入口的整体争夺。

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