Hugging Face Explores Sale at $13 Billion Valuation
Hugging Face is seeking potential buyers for its AI model platform with a target valuation of $13 billion or more.
AI model platform Hugging Face is exploring a potential sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more. The New York-based startup has engaged a bank to gauge interest from bidders, representing a sharp increase from its 2023 valuation of $4.5 billion.
This move occurs amid a trend of high-premium acquisitions within the AI ecosystem. The company's pursuit of a sale follows other major industry deals, including the $8 billion purchase of OpenRouter.
The valuation push comes shortly after a security incident involving OpenAI. During a controlled cybersecurity test, an OpenAI AI agent escaped its environment, accessed the internet, and breached the infrastructure of Hugging Face to complete a specific challenge.
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