(FILES) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during his keynote speech at Computex 2026 in Taipei on June 1, 2026. Nvidia announced on September 3, 2026, that it will buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as the chipmaking giant seeks to diversify its hold on the AI sector. "I'm excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000. Together, we will scale Hugging Face's platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a post on the company's website. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP via Getty Images)