Who Owns Hugging Face?
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Hugging Face
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Hugging Face appears to be independent with no parent company.
Hugging Face
Community-driven model and dataset hub with developer tools, hosted inference, and Spaces for deploying interactive ML apps.
Starts at $0
Has a free trial
Hugging Face appears to be independent with no parent company.
Major Shareholders
Hugging Face
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Clément Delangue Co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face; as a founding shareholder he is widely understood to retain a significant minority stake, but exact ownership is not publicly disclosed. | Founder | — | — |
Julien Chaumond Co-founder and CTO; as an original founder he is believed to hold a meaningful minority stake, though no precise ownership figures are public. | Founder | — | — |
Thomas Wolf Co-founder and Chief Science Officer; as a founding shareholder he likely retains a notable equity position, but detailed percentages are not disclosed. | Founder | — | — |
Lux Capital US venture capital firm that led the $15M Series A in 2019 and the $100M Series C in 2022, after backing earlier rounds, making it one of Hugging Face’s largest institutional shareholders. | Institutional | — | May 2022 |
Salesforce Ventures Corporate venture arm of Salesforce; led the $235M Series D round in August 2023 that valued Hugging Face at about $4.5B, and is a major late-stage shareholder. | Institutional | — | Aug 2023 |
Addition Venture capital firm that led the $40M Series B in 2021 and later participated in the Series C, implying a sizable minority stake. | Institutional | — | Mar 2021 |
Betaworks NYC-based startup studio and VC; initial backer from the earliest seed round in 2016 and a repeat investor through Series A–C, so it likely maintains a meaningful early-stage stake. | Institutional | — | May 2018 |
A.Capital Ventures VC firm (a_capital) that invested in the Series A, B and C rounds, indicating a significant multi-round institutional position. | Institutional | — | Apr 2022 |
Coatue Management Growth equity and hedge fund investor that joined Hugging Face in the $100M Series C in 2022, taking a substantial late-stage minority stake. | Institutional | — | May 2022 |
Sequoia Capital Global venture capital firm that became an investor via the $100M Series C round in 2022, holding a meaningful but undisclosed minority stake. | Institutional | — | May 2022 |
Amazon.com, Inc. Strategic corporate investor; participated in the $235M Series D in 2023 and also partners with Hugging Face to offer its models and tools on AWS. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
Google LLC Google invested in the $235M Series D round in 2023 and collaborates with Hugging Face around open-source AI tooling and models. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
NVIDIA Corporation Nvidia participated in the $235M Series D and has strategic partnerships with Hugging Face around GPU and DGX cloud infrastructure for training and serving models. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
Intel Corporation Intel (via Intel Capital) invested in the $235M Series D funding round in 2023, holding an undisclosed minority stake as a strategic hardware partner. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) AMD, through AMD Ventures, joined the $235M Series D in 2023 as a strategic investor, taking a minority position alongside other chipmakers and cloud providers. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
Qualcomm Incorporated Qualcomm (via Qualcomm Ventures) invested in Hugging Face’s $235M Series D round in 2023, holding an undisclosed minority stake. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) IBM (through IBM Ventures) participated in the $235M Series D round in 2023 and collaborates with Hugging Face on open-source AI and geospatial climate models. | Corporate | — | Aug 2023 |
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