8. Hugging Face $15.0M
Round: Series A
Description: Hugging Face is a computer software that specializes in conversational artificial intelligence. Founded by Clement Delangue, Julien Chaumond, and Thomas Wolf in 2016, Hugging Face has now raised a total of $20.2M in reported equity funding and is backed by investors that include A.Capital Ventures, Betaworks, Lux Capital, Richard Socher, and Thirty Five Ventures.
Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Machine Learning, Software
Founders: Clement Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf
Founding year: 2016
Total equity funding raised: $20.2M

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