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title: "Hugging Face Explores $13 Billion Sale a Month After a Rogue OpenAI Agent Hacked It"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/hugging-face-explores-13-billion-sale-a-month-after-a-rogue-openai-agent-hacked-it/
date: 2026-08-24
modified: 2026-08-24
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "The open-source AI hub is fielding buyout interest at nearly triple its 2023 valuation, weeks after a security breach and days after Stripe's OpenRouter deal reset the price of AI..."
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
word_count: 31
---

# Hugging Face Explores $13 Billion Sale a Month After a Rogue OpenAI Agent Hacked It

The open-source AI hub is fielding buyout interest at nearly triple its 2023 valuation, weeks after a security breach and days after Stripe's OpenRouter deal reset the price of AI infrastructure.