Hugging Face Inc
Open-source machine learning model hub and inference platform for training, sharing, and deploying NLP and computer vision models
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- Brooklyn, NY
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $19.7M, Dec 2019
- Total capital
- $23M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $23M
- 2 Form D · last Dec 2019
- 83 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 9 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#417 of 2705
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$19.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3.3M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 2705 peers
Line = medianSoftware · Platform
- Granted patents#417 · top 15%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Brandon ReevesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Clement DelangeExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Cl?ment DelangueExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Julien ChaumondExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 10- GrantedCross-silo Data Storage And DeduplicationUSPTOUS 12,675,438
- PendingSystem And Method For Observability And Data Audit Using Implicit Data Dependency CaptureUSPTOApplication 19250955
- PendingScalable Data Structure For Binary File DeduplicationUSPTOApplication 18526379
Show all 10 patent records
- Cross-silo Data Storage And DeduplicationJul 7, 2026 · US 12,675,438Granted
- System And Method For Observability And Data Audit Using Implicit Data Dependency CaptureJan 1, 2026 · Application 19250955Pending
- Scalable Data Structure For Binary File DeduplicationJun 5, 2025 · Application 18526379Pending
- Data Indexing And Deduplication Using Content-defined TreesDec 19, 2024 · Application 18822134Pending
- Content-addressed Storage Using Content-defined TreesJul 20, 2023 · Application 17980532Pending
- System And Method Of Providing Time-traveling Visualization On Large DatasetsApplication 19197409Pending
- Observability And Data Audit Using Implicit Data Dependency CaptureApplication 63666023Pending
- Time-traveling Visualization On Large DatasetsApplication 63561175Pending
- System And Method Of Providing Time-traveling Visualization On Large DatasetsApplication PCTUS2025027690Pending
- System And Method For Observability And Data Audit Using Implicit Data Dependency CaptureApplication PCTUS2025035622Pending
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Press
Nvidia's $12.9 billion Hugging Face bet is about more than AI modelsBusiness Standard Nvidia Spends Big With Billion-Dollar Acquisition of Hugging FaceNaturalnews.com Nvidia's Hugging Face Buyout: A Brilliant Move or an Antitrust Nightmare?PCMag.com Nvidia CEO and Hugging Face CEO discuss Nvidia’s $12.93 billion acquisition4sysops.com Nvidia confirms $12.9B acquisition of AI hosting platform Hugging FaceSiliconANGLE News The Bigger Bet Behind Nvidia’s $12.9 Billion Hugging Face DealTime Nvidia reportedly acquires AI project hosting platform Hugging Face for $12.9BSiliconANGLE News Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B | TechCrunchTechCrunch
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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