Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue briefly reacted to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s departure on Thursday, describing the development as a “really sad day”.
Nvidia announced plans in September to acquire the open-source artificial intelligence platform for $12.9bn, which would rank as the second-largest deal in the company’s history, behind its $20bn acquisition of chipmaker Groq’s assets in December 2025.
“This whole thing sucks, and I wish none of it had happened. It’s a really sad day! But I want to make one thing clear: we’ll keep fighting for open-source AI, harder than ever. This is too important to slow down now. Let’s go!,” Delangue wrote on X.
Delangue’s post suggests that Huang’s departure could raise concerns among open-source AI advocates, prompting him to reassure the community that the platform would remain committed to the cause.
As Nvidia CEO, Huang was a prominent supporter of open-source AI and open-weight models.
His exit could therefore raise questions about how the chipmaker will approach the open-source AI ecosystem under new leadership.
Following Nvidia’s announcement of its planned acquisition of Hugging Face, the US Department of Justice began making inquiries into how the deal could affect competition in the artificial intelligence market, Reuters reported in October.
