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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
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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

CEO
Clement Delangue
Founded
2016
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~250
Total Raised
$395M
Est. Revenue
$100M (2024)
Growth
~3x YoY
Last Round
Series D — $235M (Aug 2023) · Lead: Salesforce Ventures
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Series D · $235M · 3y ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $395M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$47.27
Last round price / share
$25.25
vs last round
+87.2%
Open interest
3
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$25.25Last round$47.27Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+68.3%6-month+78.9%1-year+87.8%All-time+312%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series D$235MAug 2023Salesforce Ventures

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.