by Hugging Face · founded 2016 · updated Jul 2026
Hugging Face hosts millions of models, datasets and demo Spaces, and its Transformers library is the backbone of open ML. Inference endpoints, enterprise hubs and hardware partnerships make it the center of gravity for open-weight AI.
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| Claim | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Hosts over 1.5 million public models | Hugging Face hub metrics | Oct 2025 |
| SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliance for enterprise hub | Hugging Face security docs | May 2025 |
| Transformers library exceeds 140K GitHub stars | GitHub repository | Sep 2025 |
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