US antitrust regulators scrutinize Nvidia's planned $12.93 billion acquisition of Hugging Face

The US Justice Department is investigating Nvidia's planned acquisition of the open-source AI platform Hugging Face, examining whether the deal could give Nvidia control over a key distribution hub and harm competitors. The probe, which began under the Biden administration and continues under Trump, also looks at Nvidia's broader acquisitions, investments, and sales practices, including whether it tied AI chip purchases to purchases of networking gear and Groq processors.