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AIVC-backedSeries D
New York, USA · Founded 2016

Hugging Face

The AI community building the future of AI

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About Hugging Face

Hugging Face is the GitHub for machine learning — a platform to share, discover, and collaborate on AI models, datasets, and demos. With over 500,000 models and 100,000+ datasets hosted, Hugging Face is where the AI community builds and shares breakthroughs. Their Transformers library is the most forked ML repository in history.

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Company facts

Category
AI
Funding stage
Series D
Total raised
$395M
Founded
2016
Team size
200–500
HQ
New York
Country
USA
Website
huggingface.co

Founders of Hugging Face

  • Clément Delangue
  • Julien Chaumond
  • Thomas Wolf

Investors backing Hugging Face

  • Salesforce Ventures
  • Google
  • Amazon

Frequently asked questions

What does Hugging Face do?

Hugging Face is the GitHub for machine learning — a platform to share, discover, and collaborate on AI models, datasets, and demos. With over 500,000 models and 100,000+ datasets hosted, Hugging Face is where the AI community builds and shares breakthroughs. Their Transformers library is the most forked ML repository in history.

Where is Hugging Face based?

Hugging Face is based in New York, USA.

When was Hugging Face founded?

Hugging Face was founded in 2016.

How much has Hugging Face raised?

Hugging Face has raised $395M in their Series D round.

Who founded Hugging Face?

Hugging Face was founded by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf.

Who has invested in Hugging Face?

Hugging Face is backed by Salesforce Ventures, Google, Amazon.

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