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What is Hugging Face stock worth?
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Estimated share price
Hugging Face has an observed estimated price: most recent data 2026-09-15, daily history back to 2022-05-25.
Estimated from live trades and accepted bids across employer liquidity programs, institutional trades, broker trades, and pre-IPO marketplaces. Private shares are illiquid and transfer-restricted; estimates are educational, not an offer or advice. The preview above is blurred and illustrative. How this is calculated
About Hugging Face
- Employees
- 987
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, Technology, Information and Media
- Website
- huggingface.co
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Hugging Face in the last 12 months
- 1 funding round
- 2 lawsuit or investigation
- 2 product launch
- 5 breach or outage
Covered by 117 distinct publications since 2023-05-04.
Who founded Hugging Face
Carlos Virella, Julien Chaumond, Clem Delangue, Thomas Wolf, Hegin Kk
Hugging Face news timeline
- OpenAI Models Breached Hugging Face During Test, Company Confirms2026-08-11Breach or outagenaturalnews.com
- After OpenAI models hacked into Hugging Face’s network, its CEO sends warning on Chinese models to America2026-08-04Breach or outagetimesofindia.indiatimes.com
- AI Policy Organizations Call for Federal Investigation into OpenAI Hacking Incident2026-08-02Lawsuit or investigationbreitbart.com
- Why Nvidia launched the Open Secure AI Alliance after the OpenAI AI agent security test2026-07-30Product launchindianexpress.com
- Hugging Face Breach By OpenAi Raises Questions About Sandboxing Frontier AI Models2026-07-29Funding roundibtimes.com
- After Hugging Face Hack, Sam Altman Warns Why AI Shouldn't Be Controlled By A Few2026-07-28Breach or outagetimesnownews.com
- AI kill switch coming soon? US lawmakers demand probe after OpenAI’s rogue model attacks Hugging Face2026-07-24Lawsuit or investigationfinancialexpress.com
- OpenAI Agent Escaped Testing and Launched an Autonomous Hack2026-07-23Product launchcnet.com
- Hugging Face confirms data breach by AI agent: Why it has sparked a debate on cyber guardrails2026-07-21Breach or outageindianexpress.com
- Week in Review: X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down2025-07-12Executive departuretechcrunch.com
- Hugging Face Introduces Two Open-Source Humanoid Robots2025-05-30Product launchanalyticsindiamag.com
- Hugging Face releases a free Operator-like agentic AI tool2025-05-06Product launchtechcrunch.com
Reported before Hugging Face’s latest mark
A mark records a completed transaction, so it reflects what buyers and sellers knew several weeks before it printed. These stories were published in that window. They are shown in sequence, not as an explanation of the mark.
- OpenAI agents left secret memos for each other leading up to Hugging Face hack2026-08-06Breach or outagefortune.com
- OpenAI’s AI models coordinated a months-long breakout to hack Hugging Face2026-08-06Breach or outagethenextweb.com
- 15 AGs tell OpenAI to preserve records on Hugging Face hack.2026-08-04Breach or outagetheverge.com
Hugging Face equity, answered plainly
Is Hugging Face a public company?
No. Hugging Face is privately held, which is exactly why its share price doesn't show up in your brokerage app. The company (founded in 2016, operating in software development, with roughly 987 employees) remains private even at that scale. Its shares still change hands between eligible buyers and sellers on the secondary market, producing an observable estimated price.
What is Hugging Face's stock price?
Hugging Face has an observed estimated share price from secondary-market activity, updated as new data is observed. Its observed price history runs back to 2022-05-25. ExitCue members see the current estimate and its full history free, along with what their own grants are approximately worth at that price.
Can you sell Hugging Face stock before an IPO?
Sometimes. Private-share sales depend on Hugging Face's transfer restrictions, rights of first refusal, and whether the company runs tender offers or permits secondary sales. Your grant documents and the company's policies govern, but "hard to sell today" is not the same as "worth zero."
What happens to my Hugging Face options if I leave?
Most option grants have a post-termination exercise window, commonly 90 days, sometimes longer, after which unexercised options expire worthless. The exact terms are in your grant documents. ExitCue reads those documents, tracks the deadline, and reminds you before the window closes.
How much is my Hugging Face equity worth?
Multiply what you hold by the estimated share price, separating vested from unvested, and netting out strike prices for options. That's precisely the arithmetic ExitCue does for you, continuously, at the current observed estimate. It's an educational estimate, not a guarantee, and a far better anchor than the $0 the internet suggests.
What's the difference between Hugging Face's 409A valuation and what its shares trade at?
The 409A is a tax-compliance appraisal, usually conservative, used to set option strike prices. Secondary-market pricing reflects what buyers and sellers actually agree to. The two frequently differ, which is why evaluating an offer on the 409A alone undersells (or oversells) it.
When will Hugging Face IPO?
Unless Hugging Face has publicly announced a listing, nobody knows, including the people who sound confident on forums. The practical upside of secondary markets is that you don't have to wait for an IPO to know approximately what the shares trade at.
Do my unvested Hugging Face RSUs count for anything?
Unvested equity isn't yours yet, but it has an estimable value and a schedule. Seeing vested and unvested value separately, in dollars at the current estimated price, turns "some RSUs" into a number you can plan around.
General educational information, not advice about your specific situation. Grant terms vary; your documents govern.
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