[NBA Star Kevin Durant's Early $250,000 Investment in Hugging Face May Grow to Over $60 Million] According to CoinDesk, NBA star Kevin Durant's early $250,000 investment in the open-source AI platform Hugging Face could potentially grow to over $60 million in the deal where NVIDIA acquires the company for $12.9 billion. Hugging Face has become a key platform for AI models and has ventured into the crypto space through decentralized AI projects. Previously, it was reported that NVIDIA agreed to acquire the open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion.