# Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hugging-face-ceo-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-open-source-ai-after-jensen-huangs-exit/
- Published: 2026-11-12T17:36:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T05:48:31+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/12/hugging-face-ceo-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-open-source-ai-after-jensen-huangs-exit/
- Topics: AI, Business, Companies, Technology

## Key points

- Delangue says Hugging Face will keep backing open-source AI.
- Nvidia’s $12.9 billion acquisition is due to close in early 2027.
- Huang’s departure raises questions about Nvidia’s future approach.

## Summary

Hugging Face chief executive Clément Delangue said the company would continue advocating for open-source AI after Nvidia chief Jensen Huang’s departure, describing it as a “really sad day”. His statement appears intended to reassure supporters that the planned Nvidia acquisition will not halt Hugging Face’s work, amid uncertainty about how Nvidia will approach open AI without Huang’s leadership.

Nvidia announced in September that it would buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, and the deal is still expected to close in the first half of 2027. The US Department of Justice has made inquiries about the deal’s effects on competition, as Nvidia would gain control of a major channel for distributing AI models. Huang had publicly backed open-weight models, including in a July letter signed by 25 companies urging the US government not to over-restrict them.

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