According to CoinMeta, Durant could potentially earn nearly $60 million in 8 years by investing in Hugging Face. Sports business journalist Joe Pompliano stated that Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman invested $100,000 in the seed round back in 2018 and another $150,000 in the A-round in 2019, for a total of just $250,000. Based on NVIDIA's acquisition price of $12.9 billion, these early investments could now be worth over $60 million, representing a return rate of more than 240 times. This figure is even higher than Durant's salary of approximately $43.9 million for the 2026-27 season with the Houston Rockets. Durant later participated in the B-round and C-round financings of Hugging Face, but the additional amounts invested were not made public. Therefore, the $60 million and 240-fold return rate are only estimates for the first two investments and do not represent the total earnings Durant has obtained from Hugging Face.