Nvidia under probe by US justice officials over Hugging Face acquisition

What happened

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing how Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face could affect competition in the AI industry, while a years-long antitrust investigation continues into the company's broader practices. The probes target a chipmaker that the source says has grown into the world's biggest company by market capitalization, with business interests spanning multiple parts of the AI value chain, and that is a major backer of data center development. The source does not state a specific cause or outcome of the review and gives no dates or timeline; the review is ongoing and its conclusions and effects are not determined.

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Source: DigiTimes Asia · 10/29/2026 · View original source