Sep 3, 2026 NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face Announced
NVIDIA entered a definitive agreement to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9303 billion. The companies said Hugging Face would retain its brand, platform, open-source commitments, and multi-cloud, multi-accelerator approach pending closing.
Hugging Face $12.9B $12.9B* NVIDIA Apr 14, 2025 Pollen Robotics joins Hugging Face
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Hugging Face — — Hugging Face Aug 8, 2024 XetHub joins Hugging Face
Xet-backed Hub Storage
Hugging Face — — Hugging Face Jun 13, 2024 Argilla joins Hugging Face
Hugging Face acquired Argilla, an open-source platform for human and synthetic data curation and model feedback.
Hugging Face — — Hugging Face Aug 24, 2023 Series D funding at $4.5 billion valuation
Hugging Face raised $235 million in a Series D led by Salesforce Ventures at a $4.5 billion post-money valuation, with participation from major cloud and semiconductor companies.
Hugging Face $235M $4.5B* TechCrunch May 9, 2022 Series C funding at $2 billion valuation
Hugging Face raised $100 million in Series C funding led by Lux Capital at a reported $2 billion post-money valuation.
Hugging Face $100M $2B* Hugging Face Dec 21, 2021 Gradio joins Hugging Face
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Hugging Face — — Hugging Face Mar 11, 2021 Series B funding round
Hugging Face raised $40 million in Series B funding led by Addition to grow its open-source machine-learning ecosystem and hosted platform.
Hugging Face $40M — TechCrunch Dec 17, 2019 Series A funding round
Hugging Face raised $15 million in a Series A led by Lux Capital to expand its open-source natural-language-processing platform.
Hugging Face $15M — TechCrunch May 2018 Seed funding round
Hugging Face raised a $4 million seed round backed by investors including A.Capital, Betaworks, SV Angel, and Thirty Five Ventures.
Hugging Face $4M — Crunchbase Mar 2017 Angel funding round
Hugging Face raised approximately $1.2 million in early angel funding to develop its conversational AI startup.
Hugging Face $1.2M — Crunchbase 
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