The US Department of Justice is probing NVIDIA (NVDA.O)’s roughly $13bn deal to acquire AI-model firm Hugging Face, sources said. The inquiry, part of broader regulatory scrutiny of the chipmaker, is assessing how the transaction could affect competi

2026-10-29

The US Department of Justice is probing NVIDIA (NVDA.O)’s roughly $13bn deal to acquire AI-model firm Hugging Face, sources said. The inquiry, part of broader regulatory scrutiny of the chipmaker, is assessing how the transaction could affect competition in the AI market. The DOJ’s separate, longer-running investigation into NVIDIA’s commercial practices remains underway. NVIDIA announced the deal in September and said it aims to protect the open-source community; developers use Hugging Face to share models and data, and NVIDIA has pledged to keep the platform open as part of the transaction.