Sources: Hugging Face has been exploring a sale that could value it at $13B+, up from $4.5B in 2023, and has been working with a bank to gauge bidders' interest (Katie Roof/Business Insider)

<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-could-be-acquired-13-billion-2026-8"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260823/i9.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260823/p9#a260823p9" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Katie Roof / <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Business Insider</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hugging-face-could-be-acquired-13-billion-2026-8">Sources: Hugging Face has been exploring a sale that could value it at $13B+, up from $4.5B in 2023, and has been working with a bank to gauge bidders' interest</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The AI industry's next blockbuster acquisition may not be another model maker.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Hugging Face, whose platform helps developers discover &hellip; </p>