Sources: OpenAI offered to invest ~$100M in Hugging Face before Nvidia's $13B acquisition, but talks fell apart; AMD and Salesforce also held talks (Kate Rooney/CNBC)
OpenAI’s reported Hugging Face bid surfaced as Nvidia moved first.
Techmeme’s item says OpenAI offered to invest about $100 million in Hugging Face before Nvidia’s $13 billion acquisition, but the talks did not hold. AMD and Salesforce also reportedly had discussions with Hugging Face. The note attributes the reporting to CNBC’s Kate Rooney and frames the OpenAI talks as pre-acquisition activity, not a completed deal. Techmeme's note
Techmeme’s item says OpenAI offered to invest about $100 million in Hugging Face before Nvidia’s $13 billion acquisition, but the talks did not hold. AMD and Salesforce also reportedly had discussions with Hugging Face. The note attributes the reporting to CNBC’s Kate Rooney and frames the OpenAI talks as pre-acquisition activity, not a completed deal. Techmeme's note
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