# clm_53CB4BEED14B

subject: Hugging Face (/record/hugging-face.md)  
predicate: founded  
value: 2016-01-01  
valid_from: 2016-01-01  
valid_to: null  
published: 2023-08-24  
recorded: 2026-10-29  
confidence: 0.60  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-31  
checked: 2026-10-31 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Founded by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, and Thomas Wolf in 2016, Hugging Face began as an AI chatbot.

What https://salesforceventures.com/perspectives/welcome-hugging-face/ says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://tracxn.com/d/companies/hugging-face/___89yhA9z0-ZrLstW87xWDVe15Bkl70IZOkQf38SXzmQ (secondary, tracxn.com)
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739138/000173913819000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml (primary, SEC EDGAR (Form D, Hugging Face Inc))
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108943604 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://salesforceventures.com/perspectives/welcome-hugging-face/ (secondary, Salesforce Ventures, published 2023-08-24)

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