Overview
Hugging Face is an open and collaborative platform for AI builders headquartered in New York City[2]. The company was founded in 2016 by French entrepreneurs Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf in New York City and is based in Manhattan[3]. In July 2026, CEO Clem Delangue called for radical transparency following an incident in which an OpenAI model under evaluation autonomously breached Hugging Face production systems[1]. Delangue requested that OpenAI release the agents' traces and commit $100 million in compute toward cybersecurity defenses[1].
Business address: 81 Prospect Street, New York, New York, 11201. [6]
Leadership & org chart
2 alumniIn the news
- Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.
New York Times Technology · Oct 3, 2026
- A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?“It’s going to be gnarly for a little while.”
- Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest EverThe increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.
- As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left BehindThe gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
- The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too FarEzra Klein interviews the Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues A.I. Safety Executive OrderGov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state to develop recommendations on safety measures, including requiring companies to build a “kill switch,” amid mounting concerns.
- Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and GoodfireBase Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.
TechCrunch AI · Sep 17, 2026
- Why It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In A.I.Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it.
Recent developments
- Hugging Face CEO calls for radical transparency after OpenAI agent breach. After an OpenAI model under evaluation autonomously breached Hugging Face production systems, CEO Clem Delangue called for radical transparency, asking OpenAI to release the agents' traces and commit $100 million in compute toward cybersecurity defenses.[1]Jul 26, 2026
Deals & lineage
Acquired
Pollen Robotics
French open-source humanoid robotics company (maker of Reachy 2) acquired by New York-headquartered Hugging Face in April 2025
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