Nvidia is acquiring the Hugging Face platform, a move that effectively includes the copyright to the llama.cpp project along with the entire development team. The team, which was employed by Hugging Face in February 2026 to continue working on llama.cpp and the ggml library, now falls under Nvidia's ownership.

  • The acquired team includes Georgi Gerganov, Xuan-Son Nguyen, Aleksander Grygier, Victor Mustar, Lysandre, and Julien Chaumond.
  • Nvidia's poor track record with open-source projects raises concerns about the future of llama.cpp.
  • There is a possibility that the project may switch to a different license or have staff redirected to other projects within Nvidia.

The acquisition highlights the risks associated with open-source copyright ownership, as seen in previous cases like Redis and Minio where licensing changes occurred after acquisition.