Following Jensen Huang's departure, Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue stated that the company will be "more determined" to defend open-source AI. After Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced his departure, Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue posted a message calling it a "sad day," but emphasized that the company will be more determined to promote the development of open-source AI. Nvidia previously announced its acquisition of Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, with the transaction expected to close in the first half of 2027. Huang has long supported open weighted models, and his departure has drawn market attention to Nvidia's future open-source AI strategy.