Hugging Face DevEx veteran Merve Noyann resigns, says founders weren't acting responsibly
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-09-11
Merve Noyann, who spent five years on developer experience at Hugging Face, publicly resigned, saying that over her five years 'none of the founders are acting responsibly.' She still praised the platform's value—connecting the open AI ecosystem, avoiding a duopoly, fast on-prem deployments, low costs, and data privacy. Margaret Mitchell replied with surprise. More thoughts to come.
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