Jobs at Hugging Face

Recomputed daily from public data: capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + pay transparency (0-20) + employer rating (0-15; unrated scores the neutral 7), minus up to 10 for documented headwinds (lawsuits, layoffs, leadership churn). Transparent formula, not investment or career advice.

~400Mtotal raised

Series D, $235M, 2023last round

Latestage

201-1000team size

New YorkHQ

2016founded

4.4/5Glassdoor (40 reviews)

~250headcount (as of 2025)

Founders: Clement Delangue (Co-founder & CEO; founded Hugging Face in 2016 in NYC) · Julien Chaumond (Co-founder & CTO) · Thomas Wolf (Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)

Backed by: Lux Capital, Sequoia, a16z, Salesforce Ventures, Coatue, Nvidia

Signals

Acquirer

No new equity round disclosed since the 2023 Series D ($4.5B valuation); ~770 employees as of mid-2026; acquired GGML.ai in Feb 2026 per PitchBook.

In the news

Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. The New York Times · 2026-09-04

Hugging Face approached Nvidia’s Huang weeks ahead of $12.9B acquisition, CEO tells CNBC CNBC · 2026-09-03

California’s Rob Bonta investigating OpenAI over Hugging Face hack Politico · 2026-09-04

AI agents are hacking systems without any input from humans. How did we get here? pbs.org · 2026-09-02

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Culture read

Employees rate it 4.4/5 on Glassdoor across 40 reviews. Mid-size: a real org chart now, still fast.

Indicative read from public signals, not insider info

Momentum index 31/100 = capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + comp transparency (0-20) + workplace rating (0-15), minus documented headwinds. Recomputed daily; not investment or career advice.