Hugging Face
by Hugging Face
The GitHub of machine learning — hosting models, datasets, and AI applications.
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Founded
Originally a chatbot app.
Raised $235M Series D
Valued at $4.5B.
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Is Hugging Face still active?
Yes, it's the largest ML community platform.