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Hugging Face
The main hub for open models and datasets; trains SmolLM.
| Type | Open models & research |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf |
| Headquarters | New York, US |
| Website | huggingface.co |
Hugging Face funding filings
Hugging Face has filed 2 Form D notices with the SEC under the name we track. Form D is filed after an exempt securities sale; "amount sold" is what the company reported at the time.
| Filed | Form | Amount sold | Offering size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2019 | D | $19.7M | $19.8M | SEC filing |
| 4 May 2018 | D | $3.3M | $4.0M | SEC filing |
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "Hugging Face", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
Hugging Face research
51 papers in OpenAlex list an author affiliated with Hugging Face in the last 12 months. The most cited:
- A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry13 Nov 2025 · 609 citations
- More than carbon: Cradle-to-grave environmental impacts of GenAI training on the Nvidia A100 GPU10 Jun 2026 · 16 citations
- From computation to environmental cost the resource burden of artificial intelligence6 May 2026 · 8 citations
- AI for scientific discovery is a social problem1 Mar 2026 · 8 citations
- 2025 Ginkgo Datapoints Antibody Developability Competition outcomes: limited model performance and a call for data standardization22 Feb 2026 · 8 citations
Source: OpenAlex (CC0), institution Hugging Face, read 2 Nov 2026.
Hugging Face models
Latest releases
- HuggingFaceTB/nanowhale-100m-base24 Apr 2026
- HuggingFaceTB/nanowhale-100m24 Apr 2026
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B-GSM8K-SFT3 Apr 2026
- HuggingFaceTB/qwen3-1.7b-gsm8k-sft25 Mar 2026
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B-checkpoints20 Jul 2025
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B-ONNX8 Jul 2025
Most downloaded
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M2,392,045 downloads (30 days)
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolVLM2-500M-Video-Instruct1,671,244 downloads (30 days)
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M-Instruct827,077 downloads (30 days)
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM3-3B587,268 downloads (30 days)
- HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-1.7B-Instruct300,600 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation HuggingFaceTB, read 2 Nov 2026.
Hugging Face: quick answers
Who founded Hugging Face?
Hugging Face was founded in 2016 by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf.
How much has Hugging Face raised according to SEC filings?
Its most recent Form D, filed 12 Dec 2019, reported $19.7M sold. Form D figures cover one offering, not total funding.
People at Hugging Face
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