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Hugging Face
Hugging Face, Inc., is an American company based in New York City that develops computation tools for building applications using machine learning. Hugging Face's transformers library is built for natural language processing applications. The Hugging Face platform allows users to share machine learning models and datasets and showcase their work.
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Hugging Face at a glance
Hugging Face is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in United States, founded in 2016. It has raised at least $298M across the 5 funding rounds on record, 4 of them with a disclosed amount. Its most recent funding round, Series D, raised $235M in August 2023. Xcout tracks 1 named person at Hugging Face, including Thomas Wolf (co-founder). Xcout recorded 6 job postings from Hugging Face in the last 90 days.
Hugging Face leadership
- Thomas Wolfco-founder
Hugging Face funding rounds
At least $298M raised across the 5 rounds on record (4 with a disclosed amount). Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | $235M | 9 named | |
| Series B | $40M | 12 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $19.7M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $3.3M | — | |
| — | Undisclosed | 9 named |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Hugging Face
Xcout recorded 6 job postings from Hugging Face in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Hugging Face's hiring signals →
Recent Hugging Face news
- AcquisitionNvidia Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face in $12.93 Billion Deal
- AcquisitionNvidia Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face in $12.93 Billion Deal - theaisoftwarereport.com
- AcquisitionNvidia kauft Hugging Face: Warum die Übernahme die Branche spaltet - WiWo
- AcquisitionNVIDIA compra Hugging Face por 12.930 millones y entra de lleno en una de las piezas de la IA que todavía no controlaba - Xataka
7 corporate events on record, with sources — see the full timeline →
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- 5 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 7 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
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