NVIDIA has officially acquired Hugging Face, a major open-source AI model hub, for $12.93 billion (~430 billion baht). Hugging Face will continue operating as an open platform with full developer freedom—no forced lock-in to NVIDIA hardware or services. The deal was initiated by Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue to secure capital and resources for scaling the AI ecosystem. Notably, the deal price encodes Hugging Face's smiling emoji (🤗) in hexadecimal (U+1F397 = 129303), a playful detail reflecting the acquisition's collaborative spirit.