The US Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia's $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face.

The US Department of Justice is inquiring about NVIDIA's (NVDA.US) approximately $13 billion acquisition agreement for the artificial intelligence model company Hugging Face. This move is part of a wider regulatory review targeting the chip giant. According to sources familiar with the matter, the Department of Justice is assessing how this transaction might impact competition in the artificial intelligence market. In addition, a long-term investigation into the chipmaker's business practices by the Department of Justice is still underway. NVIDIA announced the acquisition of Hugging Face in September, stating that the move aims to protect the open-source software community. Developers rely on the Hugging Face platform to share models and data for anyone to use freely. As part of the deal, NVIDIA has committed to maintaining the openness of the platform.