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  "title": "Hugging Face Exploring Potential Sale Deal That Could Value It At $13 Billion: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-exploring-potential-sale-deal-that-could-value-it-at-13",
  "topic": "ai",
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  "published": "2026-08-24T05:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/hugging-face-exploring-potential-sale-deal-that-could-value-it-at-13-billion-report"
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  "summary": "AI developer platform Hugging Face has been exploring a potential sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more. Hugging Face has been working with a bank to gauge interest from potential acquirers, though no deal has been finalised so far. The company operates a platform that allows developers to discover, share, and build AI models, positioning it as a key piece of infrastructure for…",
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        "title": "Hugging Face has been fielding M&A interest for a deal worth at least $13 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/hugging-face-has-been-fielding-m-a-interest-for-a-deal-worth-at-least",
        "published": "2026-08-23T19:01:36.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Hugging Face exploring sale valuing it at US$13 billion: report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/hugging-face-exploring-sale-valuing-it-at-us-13-billion-report",
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        "published": "2026-08-23T23:05:29.000Z"
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        "title": "Hugging Face explores sale at $13b valuation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-explores-sale-at-13b-valuation",
        "published": "2026-08-24T00:02:07.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "AI startup Hugging Face exploring sale valuing it at $13 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/ai-startup-hugging-face-exploring-sale-valuing-it-at-13-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-24T02:49:34.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
        "title": "Reports: Hugging Face in talks for sale at $13bn valuation",
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        "published": "2026-08-24T07:32:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Sifted",
        "title": "Hugging Face in talks for $13bn sale, reports say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-in-talks-for-13bn-sale-reports-say",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:42:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in-talks-to-be-acquired-for-13b",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:47:26.000Z"
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