OpenAI sought Hugging Face investment before Nvidia's $13 billion acquisition

Before Nvidia agreed to buy open-source platform Hugging Face for approximately $13 billion, OpenAI attempted a $100 million investment following a July security breach. The stalled talks involved using Hugging Face to distribute OpenAI's Broadcom-partnered Jalapeño custom chips. Nvidia's subsequent Sept. 3 acquisition drew private friction from CEO Jensen Huang amid OpenAI's semiconductor ambitions and $30 billion chip giant backing.