Hugging Face

Acquired

The AI community building the future.

New York, United States · Founded 2016 · $390.0M raised

Headquarters
New York, New York
Employees
501–1000
Founded
2016
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$390.0M
Last Round
$235.0M Series DAug 2023
Rounds
4
Acquisition Date
Aug 2026

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About

Hugging Face is the leading open-source ML platform where developers, researchers, and organizations collaborate on models, datasets, and AI applications. Hosting over 2 million models and 500K datasets, it provides the infrastructure and tooling for the entire machine learning lifecycle—from training to deployment—across text, image, video, audio, and 3D modalities.

Summary

Hugging Face is an Artificial Intelligence company based in New York, United States, founded in 2016. It has raised $390.0M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $235.0M Series D round in Aug 2023. Investors include Lux Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

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Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionAcquisition by Nvidia ($12.9B)Aug 2026

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Funding: Series A through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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