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5 hours ago

I think it's a plausible play that keeps the AI boom in session for a year or two longer.

Or at least, $13b to stay at the head of the race (or keep the race running) must be worth it to someone's desk.

There's only $50b in datacenter buildout nationally (Source: Gemini, 2026).

So it is a bit of a puzzling choice for what amounts to a pile of software, in my opinion. but I don't know shit.

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rezonant  4 hours ago

Did you just quote an LLM as a citation? That's not how citations work.

  • mapontosevenths  4 hours ago

    "That's not how citations work." (Dude on the interwebz, 2026)

    But more seriously, this is my first time seeing that as well, and I'm not sure I like it. Citing an LLM is a little like citing Wikipedia to me, you cite the primary source the LLM is quoting directly, not the secondary source.

    • lokar  4 hours ago

      A Wikipedia link can be nice when you get several different sources provided.

    • Forgeties79  4 hours ago

      It’s the formatting and formality that bother me. Say “I looked it up with Gemini,” don’t give me some weak attempt at “proper citation” to legitimize the bare minimum effort you put in.

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bbor  5 hours ago

They’re buying a brand, some employees, and some momentum — not any of their software. HF probably does have propriety goodies to make it all run efficiently, but certainly not a billion dollars worth, much less 13!

  • r0b05  4 hours ago

    We are so used to these numbers being thrown around in the AI era that something one needs a reminder that this is 13 billion, not million. Insane exit by HF.

    • hirako2000  1 hour ago

      80x its yearly revenue. Clearly they aren't buying HF for margins.

      In fact, has HF ever wished to make money? They probably pay AWS more infra cost than they earn. The exit was planned all along.

    • techpression  3 hours ago

      Was looking for this comment, the tech world has gotten completely insane with ”valuations”. I would love to hear why it was 13 and not 5. It would still be completely insane at 5 billion, but someone though they should add another 8…