Aug 23 2026

Hugging Face explores a sale at $13 billion or more, nearly triple its 2023 valuation, hiring a bank to gauge interest from buyers who are mostly already shareholders.

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Alibaba ships the Qwen3.8-Max weights by August 16th · 65%, resolves August 16th 2026
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's open weights by August 31st · 65%, resolves August 31st 2026
Hugging Face agrees to a sale within six months · 55%, resolves February 28th 2027

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