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Hugging Face

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Open-source platform for building and deploying AI models

New York City, United StatesFounded 2016AI
Valuation $2.5–5B Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $100–500M Latest reported FY
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2016
Headquarters
New York City, United States
Sector
AI
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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Analysis & reports
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News
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Investors

31 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed6 investors entered at this stage

Series A3 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later22 investors entered at this stage

Ownership

Share of equity by holder

Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (2026). Percentages are indicative.

39.5% Founders
  • Lux Capital 14.5%
  • 9%
  • 4.5%
  • 4%
  • 2.5%
  • 2.5%

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Talent

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Employees mapped 951 incl. 98 AI specialists
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 97 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former Hugging Face employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

FactoryEst. 2023
Eno ReyesUnited States
Signal score95
Farsight AIEst. 2022
Kunal TangriUnited States
Signal score91
Alinia AIEst. 2023
CFCarlos Muñoz FerrandisUnited States
Signal score88
Kotoba TechnologiesEst. 2023
NKNoriyuki KojimaJapan
Signal score87
AchiraEst. 2024
Zavain DarUnited States
Signal score87
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
40 countries with
team presence
🇫🇷 France37.6%
🇺🇸 United States22.6%
🇮🇳 India7%
🇨🇭 Switzerland4.6%
🇪🇸 Spain4.3%
Top 5 of 40 shown
Web traffic by country
27M monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States16.9%
🇮🇳 India11.3%
🇨🇳 China8.3%
🇩🇪 Germany4.6%
🏳️ Russian Federation4.4%
Top 5 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$2M

4 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Hugging Face was the backer or acquirer, 2021–2025. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

4 deals across Hugging Face's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Hugging Face's portfolio, mapped.

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        4 of 4 deals

        Market sentiment

        Posts on X, past 7 days

        An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Hugging Face on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

        Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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