突发！Hugging Face 要卖身

TL;DR - Hugging Face is reportedly exploring a sale at a valuation of $13 billion or more, although no deal has been reached. A takeover could reshape the open-source AI ecosystem because the platform is a critical distribution hub for models, datasets, inference tools, and robotics projects.

• Hugging Face reportedly hired an investment bank to assess buyer interest; its potential valuation has nearly tripled from $4.5 billion in 2023.
• The platform hosts more than 2 million public models and 500,000 datasets, giving a prospective buyer access to a major AI developer ecosystem.
• Its scope now extends beyond model hosting through llama.cpp/GGML, Gradio, XetHub, and open-source robotics initiatives such as LeRobot.
• The reported $13 billion valuation is roughly 130 times its estimated $100 million ARR, reflecting the strategic value of AI distribution infrastructure—but an acquisition could undermine the community trust supporting that value.