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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 4
Nvidia Rises 2% Near $235.74 Record as $13 Billion Hugging Face Deal Expands AI Reach
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 4

Nvidia Rises 2% Near $235.74 Record as $13 Billion Hugging Face Deal Expands AI Reach

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 4

Summary

  • $230.36 put Nvidia within about 2% of its May 14 record after the stock climbed as much as 2% Friday before trimming gains.
  • AI chip shares kept advancing, while reports that Anthropic is preparing an IPO added momentum for Nvidia, which committed up to $10 billion to the startup last year.
  • The rally also followed Nvidia's nearly $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, a model hub used by more than 18 million developers and 200,000 companies.
  • That deal fits a broader expansion push: Nvidia this week also announced a $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek to spread its NVFusion platform and stay tied to custom-silicon demand.

Insights

Is Nvidia's massive web of AI startup investments a brilliant ecosystem play or a fragile circular revenue bubble waiting to burst?
Will Nvidia's multibillion-dollar acquisition of Hugging Face secretly kill the independence of the open-source AI community?
As tech giants build custom chips, is Nvidia's new interconnect strategy the ultimate trap to maintain its AI monopoly?