Lucas Beyer: I long doubted Hugging Face would survive — it worked out anyway
giffmana · x · 2026-09-04
AI researcher giffmana (Lucas Beyer) congratulated the Hugging Face team: over the years he repeatedly looked at what they were doing and thought "very cool, but no way it works out long-term." It did work out, and he's happy for them — a candid admission of how long the community doubted HF's sustainability.
Related event: Hugging Face confirms profitability after years of doubt(3 posts)→
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