🇺🇸The U.S. Justice Department began inquiries into NVIDIA’s approximately $13 billion agreement to acquire model-sharing platform Hugging Face.

Reports citing people familiar with the matter say the Justice Department is examining NVIDIA’s approximately $13 billion acquisition agreement for Hugging Face. NVIDIA announced the transaction in September; the supplied reports do not establish that the acquisition has closed.

Hugging Face is described as an open platform where developers share AI models and datasets for others to use. Officials reportedly asked whether the transaction would give NVIDIA control over a foundational distribution channel in the AI ecosystem.

The transaction inquiries sit within a broader, continuing examination of NVIDIA’s business conduct. The reported scope includes acquisitions, investments, sales practices, and questions about whether NVIDIA pressured customers; these are subjects of inquiry, not established findings of misconduct.

NVIDIA said the acquisition was intended to protect the open-source software community and promised to preserve the platform’s openness. That commitment is the company’s stated position, while the supplied sources contain no regulatory decision or independently verified outcome.