Hugging Face cofounder reflects on 2016 origins as NVIDIA deal lands
deliprao · x · 2026-09-03
Reacting to the acquisition news, Hugging Face cofounder Thom Wolf recounts the company's journey from a scrappy 2016 underdog team to massive field-wide impact, recalling Julienc's old joke that "code will be a subset of ML" — which turned out to be true.
Related event: Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion(39 posts)→
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