Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue briefly commented on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s departure on Thursday, calling it a “really sad day.” Nvidia had announced its plan to acquire the platform for open-source AI models in September for $12.9 billion, making it the second-largest acquisition in the company’s history, just behind that of chipmaker Groq’s assets for $20 billion 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.
The post is interesting as it implies that Huang’s departure is potentially worrying to open-source advocates, and he’s attempting to offer reassurance.
As Nvidia’s CEO, Huang was known as a strong advocate for open-source AI and open-weight models, which is why there could be concerns about how a company that’s no longer under his leadership will now approach this space.
After Nvidia announced its plans to acquire Hugging Face, the U.S. Department of Justice began making inquiries about how the deal would impact competition in the AI market, Reuters reported in October.
