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title: "Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/hugging-face-ceo-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-open-source-ai-after-jensen-a1664d2f
published: 2026-11-12T17:36:40.000Z
byline: "Source: TechCrunch AI"
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# Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit

Source: TechCrunch AI · Published 2026-11-12 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/hugging-face-ceo-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-open-source-ai-after-jensen-a1664d2f

Hugging Face's CEO pledged to keep fighting for open source AI after Huang's exit, raising questions about Nvidia's $12.9 billion acquisition.

## Sources

- [Read the original at TechCrunch AI](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/12/hugging-face-ceo-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-open-source-ai-after-jensen-huangs-exit)

## Around the web

- [Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open-source AI](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50471673) (Hacker News · 21 points · 2 comments)

## On Bluesky

- [Max Woolf (@minimaxir.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/minimaxir.bsky.social/post/3n24zbuy7622l) (Nov 12, 2026 · 25 likes · 3 reposts): tbh I never thought about the Hugging Face angle from the NVIDIA news techcrunch.com/2026/11/12/h...
- [カマドさん(仮) (@nigolv.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/nigolv.bsky.social/post/3n27hlz6abq2g) (Nov 13, 2026): Hugging FaceのCEOが、オープンソースのAIを守るために戦い続けると決意を語ったそうです。 ジェンセン・ファン氏の退任を受けて、Nvidiaの大きな動きについても、多くの関心が集まっています。 AIの未来がこれからどのように変わっていくのか、 とても大切な、大きな転換期を迎えようとしているのかもしれませんね。 techcrunch.com \#news
- [一田和樹( Kazuki Ichida) (@k-ichida.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/k-ichida.bsky.social/post/3n277o42qd22s) (Nov 13, 2026): エヌビディアのフアンCEO退任後もオープンソースAIを擁護し続けるとHugging Face CEOが表明。 note.com/ichi\_twnovel... Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open source AI after Jensen Huang's exit \| TechCrunch Sarah Perez（TechCrunch） 2026年11月12日 techcrunch.com/2026/11/12/h...
- [HN (@hnws.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/hnws.bsky.social/post/3n255cst26z2c) (Nov 12, 2026): Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open-source AI comments · posted on 2026.11.12 at 13:17:29 (c=0, p=4)
- [@cha-ndan.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/cha-ndan.bsky.social/post/3n254i2fagg23) (Nov 12, 2026): Hugging Face CEO doubles down on open source after Nvidia drama: That pledge raises real questions about Nvidia's $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face — is the deal... Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/12/hugging-face-ceo-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-open-source-ai-after-jensen-huangs-exit/

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- [Sources: President Trump urged Jensen Huang to keep fighting for his job in a Tuesday call; aides say Trump saw the company as essentially too big to fail (New York Times)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-president-trump-urged-jensen-huang-to-keep-fighting-for-his-e2cfe0f7)
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- [Sources: some Trump officials questioned Jensen Huang's push for Trump to allow more chip sales to China, even before his affair with Alice Huang became public (Wall Street Journal)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-some-trump-officials-questioned-jensen-huangs-push-for-trump-9f376cf8)
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