Hugging Face CEO vows to fight harder than ever for open-source AI after bad day
ariG23498 · x · 2026-11-12
Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue reacted to a disappointing day for the community ('This whole thing sucks'), but made one thing clear: Hugging Face will keep fighting for open-source AI, harder than ever, because it's too important to slow down now.
Employees and community members quickly echoed the stance. As the flagship company of the open-source AI camp, this defiant message carries real signal weight amid a gloomy news day.
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