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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-08-28-pm/
- Published: 2026-08-28T23:10:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-28T23:10:52.000Z
- Description: Nvidia’s earnings steadied the AI trade. By evening, deal activity resumed: Nvidia acquired Hugging Face, Anthropic avoided a Pentagon blacklist, Salesforce hit a three-year high. The PayPal buyout that had been in talks all summer collapsed without explanation.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

Nvidia's earnings steadied the AI trade. By evening, deal activity resumed: Nvidia acquired Hugging Face, Anthropic avoided a Pentagon blacklist, Salesforce hit a three-year high. The PayPal buyout that had been in talks all summer collapsed without explanation.

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#### [Nvidia reportedly acquires Hugging Face for $12.9B](https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/27/nvidia-reportedly-acquires-ai-project-hosting-platform-hugging-face-for-12-9b/?ref=adjacent.media)

The open-source AI world's favorite neutral platform now has a very non-neutral owner. *(SiliconANGLE)*

#### [Advent and Stripe drop their PayPal takeover pursuit](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-28/advent-stripe-consortium-is-said-to-drop-pursuit-of-paypal?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

A $53B offer walked away from the table with no explanation, which is its own kind of explanation. *(Bloomberg)*

#### [Judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-pentagons-anthropic-blacklisting-2026-08-28/?ref=adjacent.media)

A win for Anthropic as it shapes its IPO plans. *(Reuters)*

#### [Panic is refunding tariff fees to Playdate buyers](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/playdate-maker-is-refunding-tariff-fees-to-customers?ref=adjacent.media)

A small, honest gesture from a small, honest hardware company — the palate cleanser this news cycle needed. *(Game Developer via Daring Fireball)*

> "Illegal and baseless." — the federal judge blocking the Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist, via \*Reuters