Hugging Face
GitHub for AI — open-source model hub and ML platform
AI
📍 New York, NY
Founded 2016
Current Valuation
$4.5B
as of 2023-Q3
UNICORN
Hugging Face hosts the world's largest open-source AI model and dataset hub (1M+ models, 200K+ datasets). The Transformers library is the de facto standard for AI development. Last priced at $4.5B in 2023; widely seen as undervalued vs current AI platform comparables.
Company Profile
Last Round
Series D — $235M (Aug 2023) · Lead: Salesforce Ventures
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Founders & Key People
Clement DelangueJulien ChaumondThomas Wolf
Investors
Google · Nvidia · AMD · Amazon · Salesforce Ventures · Sequoia · a16z · IBM
Products
- Hub (1M+ models)
- Transformers (Python lib)
- Datasets
- Inference API
- Spaces (apps)
- AutoTrain
Competitors
GitHub (MSFT) · Replicate · Together AI · Modal
AIOpen SourceDeveloper Platform
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2023-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.