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A profile of Hugging Face, which started in 2016 to build a sassy chatbot for teens; CEO Clément Delangue says he approached Nvidia this summer to pursue a deal (Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · SEP 04, 2026

Wall Street Journal : A profile of Hugging Face, which started in 2016 to build a sassy chatbot for teens; CEO Clément Delangue says he approached Nvidia this summer to pursue a deal — The startup began as an emoji-named app for teens before becoming a crusader for open-source AI

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  • Open-source AI
  • Clément Delangue

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