There's an Easter egg hiding inside the $12.9303 billion price tag of the Nvidia-Hugging Face deal
Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face for $12.9303 billion contains a hidden numerical Easter egg that tech enthusiasts have been attempting to decode. The number references the Unicode for the 'hugging face' emoji and various historical milestones related to Nvidia's founding and IPO.
Why it matters
The story illustrates the culture of 'Easter eggs' in corporate tech announcements and the high level of engagement from the developer community regarding industry acquisitions.
There's a hidden puzzle in the deal price between Nvidia and Hugging Face. Matt RAMEY / AFP via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Nvidia and Hugging Face hid an Easter egg in its $12.9303 billion acquisition price. Techies raced to solve the puzzle. They quickly found a connection to the hugging face emoji. The Nvidia tie proved trickier. Look closely at the Nvidia-Hugging Face deal number. Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf snuck a parenthetical into his announcement of the company's acquisition: "(special congrats if you find the Hugging Face and Nvidia references hidden in our $12,930,300,000 acquisition price)." Techies raced to decode the Easter egg. The Hugging Face reference was easy. The number 129,303 is the decimal representation of Unicode code point U+1F917 — the 🤗 emoji, officially named "Hugging Face." valid! its an emoji of hugging face! pic.twitter.com/PZNGZWjNrE — Sgt.
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