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Hugging Face

Hugging Face

Private
New York City, New YorkAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://huggingface.co/

Last Round

Series D

Aug 24, 2023

Est. Valuation

$4.5B

Total Funding Raised

$395.2M

Momentum

Top 1%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Hugging Face is an artificial intelligence company that provides a platform for the machine learning community to build, train, and deploy state-of-the-art models.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

ML Platforms, AI Training Infrastructure, NLP & Conversational AI, Cloud Infrastructure

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Freemium, Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Infrastructure

Keywords

github of aimachine learning platformai model hostingopen source aitransformers librarymodel deploymentai infrastructureinference endpointsai agent platformmlopsdataset repositoryai model hubfrontier aiai securityai agent security

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Hugging Face Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series DAug 24, 2023
Series CMay 9, 2022
Series BMar 11, 2021
Series ADec 17, 2019
SeedMay 23, 2018
Accelerator
Mar 9, 2017

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Thomas Wolf

Co-founder and Chief Science Officer

Founding Team

Clare Lee

CEO

Executive Team

Clem Delangue 🤗

Co-founder & CEO

Founding Team

James Waller

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Hugging Face Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Hugging Face investors
InvestorRounds
AdditionSeries C, Series B
SV AngelSeed, Series A, Series C, Accelerator
A.CapitalSeries B, Series A
Salesforce VenturesSeries D
IBM VenturesSeries D
Qualcomm VenturesSeries D
Lux CapitalSeries B, Series A, Series C

Market signals

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  • Sep 1, 2026

    Grew 39% QoQ, from 773 to 1,074 employees.

  • Aug 27, 2026

    Reported $150 million in annualized revenue as of August 2026.

Recent news

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  • has_issues_withSep 27, 2026

    Hugging Face had issues with large-scale cyberattack on Jul 1st '26.

  • has_issues_withSep 27, 2026

    Hugging Face had issues with hacking attack on Jul 1st '26.

  • has_issues_withSep 26, 2026

    Hugging Face had issues with coordinated attack on Jul 1st '26.

  • has_issues_withSep 25, 2026

    Hugging Face had issues with break-in on Jul 13th '26.

  • launchesSep 24, 2026

    Hugging Face launched experimental DSpark draft model for vision-language model LFM2.5-VL-3B on Sep 24th '26.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Is Hugging Face a public or private company?

Hugging Face is a private company.

What is the current stock price of Hugging Face?

Hugging Face is a private company with no public stock price. No recent secondary market data is available.

How much is Hugging Face worth (valuation)?

Hugging Face's valuation is estimated at $4.5B based on funding round data.

Can I buy Hugging Face stock?

Hugging Face shares may be available on secondary markets subject to transfer restrictions. Caplight facilitates secondary market transactions for accredited investors. Visit https://www.caplight.com to learn more.

When was Hugging Face's last funding round?

Hugging Face's most recent funding round was Series D on August 24, 2023.

Who are the main investors in Hugging Face?

Key investors in Hugging Face include Addition, Salesforce Ventures, Lux Capital, A. Capital Ventures, Betaworks Ventures.

Will Hugging Face IPO soon?

No public IPO plans have been announced for Hugging Face.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Employee Range253
Year Founded2016
Last FundingAug 24, 2023

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