Hugging Face Explores Sale in Potential $13 Billion Deal
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-24
According to Business Insider, AI developer platform Hugging Face is exploring a sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more. The startup is working with a bank to gauge bidder interest, though no deal has been reached. Hugging Face, last valued at $4.5 billion in 2023, is a key platform for developers to share and build AI models. This interest follows Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter, highlighting investor willingness to pay premiums for central AI infrastructure companies.
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