Hugging Face
Hugging Face is a privately held AI company founded in 2016 in New York City by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf. It runs a platform for sharing machine learning models, datasets and applications. In April 2025 it acquired the French humanoid-robotics startup Pollen Robotics, and in May 2025 it announced the open-source HopeJR humanoid alongside the Reachy Mini desktop robot.
Last verified Oct 8, 2026
Company website ↗- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Headquarters
- New York City (Brooklyn), New York, USA
- Founded
- 2016
- Type
- Private
- Parent
- —
- Ticker
- —
Capital
Funding snapshot
Total funding
$395,200,000
Last round
Series D (Aug 2023), US$235 million at a US$4.5 billion valuation
Valuation
~$4,500,000,000
TechCrunch reported US$395.2 million raised in total after the August 2023 Series D. NVIDIA announced an agreement to acquire Hugging Face for US$12.9303 billion on 3 September 2026; the official announcement describes an agreement, not a completed closing, so the company remains listed as private with no parent.
Portfolio
Robots by Hugging Face
1 shown of 1 robots
Select a column heading to sort · tick robots to compare
HFHugging Face HopeJR🇺🇸 Hugging Face | Prototype | Biped | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | target $3,000 | May 29, 2025 |
Model timeline
Robot announcements
- Hugging Face HopeJR
May 29, 2025 · Prototype
Quick answers
Hugging Face FAQ
What humanoid robots does Hugging Face make?
Hugging Face has 1 robot record in this dataset: Hugging Face HopeJR.
Where is Hugging Face based?
The company record lists New York City (Brooklyn), New York, USA.