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Hugging Face

Brooklyn, US · Founded 2016 · Delaware corporation · 22 known investors

huggingface.co ↗

Hugging Face is a collaboration platform that hosts and provides access to machine learning models, datasets, and applications. It offers both open-source tools for the ML community and paid compute and enterprise solutions for teams building AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Toolsin /huggingface@huggingface

Founders & leadership

JC
Julien ChaumondExecutive Officer, Director
CD
Clement DelangeExecutive Officer, Director

Investors · 22

A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco
AIX VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M
BetaworksNew York · $250K – $750K
Connetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K
CryptoSlateSeattle
Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M
Firestreak Ventures
GMG VenturesLondon · $650K – $1.3M
Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M
Juniper Ventures Management, LlcSan Francisco
Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M
Mercuri.vcLondon · $650K – $1.3M
Mozilla Ventures
Night CapitalCapitolavia Kevin Carter · inferred
Premji InvestMenlo Park
Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M
Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M
Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M
Spice CapitalNew York · $100K – $250Kvia Maya Bakhai · inferred
STATION FParis
SV AngelSan Francisco
Sound VenturesreportedSanta Monicavia Ashton Kutcher · inferred

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements
▶$19.7MraisedDec 2019 · 30 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Maker of Transformers NLP Library, Hugging Face, Raises $15Mtechcrunch.com · Dec 2019Hugging Face raises $15M to build open source community for conversational AImedium.com · Dec 2019
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Julien ChaumondExecutive Officer, Director
  • Brandon ReevesDirector
  • Cl?ment DelangueExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$19.8M
Amount sold
$19.7M
First sale
Nov 2019
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2016
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$3.3MraisedMay 2018 · 6 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Julien ChaumondExecutive Officer, Director
  • Clement DelangeExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$4M
Amount sold
$3.3M
First sale
Apr 2018
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2016
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Acquisitions · 2

Early investors' stakes continue via these deals
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AI startup acquired by Hugging Face

Pollen Robotics

Builds open-source robots for real-world applications; acquired by Hugging Face

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