Hugging Face explores potential $13B sale amid acquisition talks
The open-source AI platform that turned down Nvidia could now fetch nearly triple its last known valuation
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) price
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- Last close
- $218
- Close-to-close change
- +0.9%
- Market cap
- $5.3T (shares as of 2026-08-21)
- P/E (trailing)
- 27.6 (EPS to 2026-07-26)
- Annual revenue
- $215.9B USD (FY ended 2026-01-25) 10-K
- Annual revenue growth
- +65.5% (FY ended 2026-01-25 vs FY ended 2025-01-26) 10-K
- Annual net income
- 120,067,000,000 USD (FY ended 2026-01-25, attributable to the company) 10-K
- Annual operating margin
- 60.4% (FY ended 2026-01-25)
- Forward P/E
- Unavailable: no dated forecast source
Gloria daily close for session Oct 27, 2026. Market cap and trailing P/E use this close with the SEC share total and trailing diluted earnings, each dated next to its figure. Annual revenue, revenue growth, net income and margin show their own fiscal period and link the 10-K. Current context may postdate this article.
NVIDIA Corporation and its peers
| Company | Price | Market cap | P/E (trailing) | Forward P/E | Annual revenue (USD) | Annual revenue growth | Annual net income (USD) | Operating margin |
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$218 | $5.3T | 27.6 | Unavailable | $215.9BFY ended 2026-01-25 · 10-K | +65.5%FY ended 2026-01-25 vs 2025-01-26 · 10-K | 120,067,000,000FY ended 2026-01-25, attributable to the company · 10-K | 60.4%FY ended 2026-01-25 |
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$342 | $1.6T | 43.7 | Unavailable | $63.9BFY ended 2025-11-02 · 10-K | +23.9%FY ended 2025-11-02 vs 2024-11-03 · 10-K | 23,126,000,000FY ended 2025-11-02, consolidated · 10-K | 39.9%FY ended 2025-11-02 |
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$929 | $1.1T | 12.5 | Unavailable | $133.2BFY ended 2026-09-03 · 10-K | +256.3%FY ended 2026-09-03 vs 2025-08-28 · 10-K | 84,969,000,000FY ended 2026-09-03, attributable to the company · 10-K | 74.6%FY ended 2026-09-03 |
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$560 | $914.6B | 143.7 | Unavailable | $34.6BFY ended 2025-12-27 · 10-K | +34.3%FY ended 2025-12-27 vs 2024-12-28 · 10-K | 4,335,000,000FY ended 2025-12-27, attributable to the company · 10-K | 10.7%FY ended 2025-12-27 |
Missing figures stay unavailable. Forward P/E requires a dated source. Annual revenue, revenue growth, net income and margin come from each company's own 10-K, in US dollars, and each row shows that fiscal year. Revenue growth compares the fiscal year with the prior year stated in the same 10-K. Net income is the full year amount attributable to the company, or available to common stockholders where the filing states only that, or consolidated net income. Each row names its basis. Trailing P/E reads "Not meaningful" when the dated trailing diluted EPS is a loss or zero. An operating margin appears only when the filing states both the operating income and the revenue for the same year.
Sources: SEC filings, Gloria daily closes and CoinGecko. Oldest record refresh: Oct 28, 2026, 5:46 PM EDT. Refresh is not a price or filing date. Each row shows its price date and its annual fiscal period. Peers use industry code and company size, or editorial selection. Market cap multiplies that row price by the company share total the latest SEC filing states for every share class together. Trailing P/E divides it by trailing diluted earnings from SEC filings. Rolled earnings per share are approximate because share counts can change between periods. Both appear only when the SEC data carries its date, so they are estimates at one price date, not synchronized filing valuations. Not investment advice.
Token vs underlying stock
Current comparison for NVDA. Historical observations may postdate this article.
NVDAx token unit vs NVDA share · USD
+2.7% over displayed period
● NVDAx token┄ NVDA stock: $217.94
Source: CoinGecko + Gloria · Retrieved Oct 28, 19:51 UTC · Delayed
Methodology and data
Split-adjusted regular-session stock closes from the existing Gloria shared history, paired only with an observed token price within 45 minutes of 16:00 New York time. Up to 60 matched sessions. No interpolation or missing-date fill. Weekends and known early closes are omitted. Token units are not adjusted for issuer multipliers or dividend treatment. This compares quoted prices, not fair value, executable premiums or arbitrage returns. Solid line: token. Dashed line: stock. Exact quote times and values appear below. Historical observations. Retrieval refers to the token source. Token quote times use UTC. The fixed cohort shows its oldest member fetch.
| Date (UTC) | Token (USD) | Stock close (USD) | Token quote (UTC) |
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| 2026-08-04 | 212.33 | 211.94 | 2026-08-04 20:00 |
| 2026-08-05 | 219.87 | 219.22 | 2026-08-05 20:00 |
| 2026-08-06 | 219.15 | 218.99 | 2026-08-06 20:00 |
| 2026-08-07 | 223.93 | 223.96 | 2026-08-07 20:00 |
| 2026-08-10 | 217.66 | 217.55 | 2026-08-10 20:00 |
| 2026-08-11 | 217.53 | 217.50 | 2026-08-11 20:00 |
| 2026-08-12 | 224.12 | 224.09 | 2026-08-12 20:00 |
| 2026-08-13 | 225.42 | 225.30 | 2026-08-13 20:00 |
| 2026-08-14 | 225.34 | 225.16 | 2026-08-14 20:00 |
| 2026-08-17 | 225.13 | 225.01 | 2026-08-17 20:00 |
| 2026-08-18 | 219.70 | 219.74 | 2026-08-18 20:00 |
| 2026-08-19 | 217.76 | 217.56 | 2026-08-19 20:00 |
| 2026-08-20 | 216.79 | 216.85 | 2026-08-20 20:00 |
| 2026-08-21 | 214.85 | 214.72 | 2026-08-21 20:00 |
| 2026-08-24 | 208.75 | 208.48 | 2026-08-24 20:00 |
| 2026-08-25 | 213.16 | 213.05 | 2026-08-25 20:00 |
| 2026-08-26 | 210.06 | 209.66 | 2026-08-26 20:00 |
| 2026-08-27 | 227.96 | 227.98 | 2026-08-27 20:00 |
| 2026-08-28 | 217.74 | 217.55 | 2026-08-28 20:00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 220.91 | 220.78 | 2026-08-31 20:00 |
| 2026-09-01 | 217.58 | 217.44 | 2026-09-01 20:00 |
| 2026-09-02 | 224.46 | 224.41 | 2026-09-02 20:00 |
| 2026-09-03 | 228.90 | 228.45 | 2026-09-03 20:00 |
| 2026-09-04 | 230.35 | 230.36 | 2026-09-04 20:00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 225.69 | 225.73 | 2026-09-08 20:00 |
| 2026-09-09 | 223.89 | 223.67 | 2026-09-09 20:00 |
| 2026-09-10 | 218.70 | 218.36 | 2026-09-10 20:00 |
| 2026-09-11 | 218.92 | 218.29 | 2026-09-11 20:00 |
| 2026-09-14 | 211.47 | 210.96 | 2026-09-14 20:00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 212.34 | 212.17 | 2026-09-15 20:00 |
| 2026-09-16 | 214.25 | 213.90 | 2026-09-16 20:00 |
| 2026-09-17 | 219.68 | 219.34 | 2026-09-17 20:00 |
| 2026-09-18 | 222.24 | 222.27 | 2026-09-18 20:00 |
| 2026-09-21 | 227.69 | 227.38 | 2026-09-21 20:00 |
| 2026-09-22 | 229.20 | 228.87 | 2026-09-22 20:00 |
| 2026-09-23 | 225.44 | 225.51 | 2026-09-23 20:00 |
| 2026-09-24 | 224.87 | 224.58 | 2026-09-24 20:00 |
| 2026-09-25 | 225.29 | 225.07 | 2026-09-25 20:00 |
| 2026-09-28 | 228.97 | 228.86 | 2026-09-28 20:00 |
| 2026-09-29 | 227.95 | 227.21 | 2026-09-29 20:00 |
| 2026-09-30 | 229.85 | 228.38 | 2026-09-30 20:00 |
| 2026-10-01 | 231.18 | 230.86 | 2026-10-01 20:00 |
| 2026-10-02 | 234.38 | 233.95 | 2026-10-02 20:00 |
| 2026-10-05 | 239.30 | 238.90 | 2026-10-05 20:00 |
| 2026-10-06 | 239.71 | 239.24 | 2026-10-06 20:00 |
| 2026-10-07 | 237.80 | 237.47 | 2026-10-07 20:00 |
| 2026-10-08 | 230.81 | 230.48 | 2026-10-08 20:00 |
| 2026-10-09 | 229.70 | 229.28 | 2026-10-09 20:00 |
| 2026-10-12 | 226.87 | 226.32 | 2026-10-12 20:00 |
| 2026-10-13 | 228.73 | 228.52 | 2026-10-13 20:00 |
| 2026-10-14 | 221.56 | 221.30 | 2026-10-14 20:00 |
| 2026-10-15 | 217.48 | 217.23 | 2026-10-15 20:00 |
| 2026-10-16 | 214.56 | 214.13 | 2026-10-16 20:00 |
| 2026-10-19 | 217.41 | 217.09 | 2026-10-19 20:00 |
| 2026-10-20 | 216.69 | 216.47 | 2026-10-20 20:00 |
| 2026-10-21 | 222.20 | 221.97 | 2026-10-21 20:00 |
| 2026-10-22 | 212.42 | 212.21 | 2026-10-22 20:00 |
| 2026-10-23 | 211.27 | 210.96 | 2026-10-23 20:00 |
| 2026-10-26 | 216.15 | 216.00 | 2026-10-26 20:00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 218.06 | 217.94 | 2026-10-27 20:00 |
Stock history: Gloria · Retrieved Oct 28, 00:31 UTC. Token history: CoinGecko NVDAx.
Quoted token and share units can have different rights, multipliers and dividend treatment. This is not an executable premium or arbitrage signal.
Hugging Face, the platform often described as the GitHub of artificial intelligence, is reportedly exploring a sale that could value the company at more than $13B. If the deal materializes, it would represent a staggering leap from the $4.5B valuation the company carried after its last funding round just three years ago.
From $4.5B to $13B in three years
Hugging Face’s most recent confirmed fundraise was a $235 million Series D round in August 2023. That round valued the company at $4.5B post-money and attracted an investor roster that read like a who’s who of Big Tech: Salesforce Ventures, Google, Amazon, and Nvidia all participated.
The company, founded in 2016 and led by CEO Clément Delangue, has built itself into the central hub for open-source AI development.
A company that likes saying no
What makes this exploration particularly interesting is Hugging Face’s track record of turning down money. The company previously rejected an investment offer from Nvidia worth $500 million that would have valued the firm at $7B. The reason? Independence.
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Delangue has publicly expressed a preference for an IPO over a sale, positioning the company as one that values long-term autonomy over quick exits.
Aggressive expansion beyond software
The most notable move came in April 2025, when Hugging Face acquired Pollen Robotics, a humanoid robotics startup. Before Pollen Robotics, the company had already scooped up Gradio, the popular tool for building machine learning demos, along with XetHub and Argilla. Each acquisition plugged a gap in the workflow that AI developers follow from training to deployment. Gradio made it easy to showcase models. XetHub brought better version control for large datasets. Argilla added data labeling and curation tools.
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