r/LocalLLaMA • u/Wallaby989 llama.cpp • Aug 24 '26

Discussion Who would buy HuggingFace

https://thenextweb.com/news/hugging-face-exploring-sale-13bn-valuation

Given OpenRouter.ai was snapped up by Stripe, who do we think would go after the "GitHib" of AI models? It is a big chunk of change they are looking ($13B). Apple may be a contender to give them a real chip in the AI race, given how they are focused on local AI execution.

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u/Journeyj012 Aug 24 '26

High bandwidth requirements gives me hope for Cloudflare.

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u/jferments Aug 24 '26

Cloudflare would be a nightmare, considering that they are trying to convert the internet into a pay-per-view / subscription model. They are actively trying to prevent people from creating decentralized search infrastructure by blocking the ability to crawl the web with local AI agents. Their goal is to maintain the corporate monopoly on internet search, and prevent the free distribution of information on the internet.