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Hugging Face (LeRobot)

LeRobot, the open robot-learning stack; agreed sale to NVIDIA for $12.93B, September 2026.

HQ
New York and Paris
Founded
2016
Web
huggingface.co
Camps
Physical AI

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What it does

Hugging Face's LeRobot is the open-source stack most academic robot-learning work now runs on, from motor drivers to policy training. Nvidia moved GR00T N1.7 and Isaac Teleop into it in July 2026, with Cosmos 3 to follow.

Camp membership over time

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    Physical AI and robotics
    LeRobot: the open-source robot-learning stack; Nvidia GR00T ships through it.
    Sources LeRobot: An Open-Source Library for End-to-End Robot Learning arXiv 2026-02-25 · NVIDIA and Hugging Face bring new models and frameworks to LeRobot 2026-07-07

Capital

AmountKindValuationDateInvestorsSource
$12.93Bacquisition Sep 2026 NVIDIA Agreed, not closed: about $11.9B to stockholders plus up to about $1B in retention equity; expected to close in the first half of 2027 subject to regulatory approval. TechCrunch, NVIDIA, SEC

People

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General sources

LeRobot: An Open-Source Library for End-to-End Robot Learning arXiv 2026-02-25 · Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion TechCrunch 2026-09-03