# Hugging Face

> Hugging Face is a VC fund in New York backing Mobile Apps and Photography. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/huggingface/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/huggingface
- Website: https://huggingface.co/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/huggingface/

Hugging Face is an open-source and platform provider of machine learning technologies. Their aim is to democratize good machine learning, one commit at a time. Hugging Face was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in New York City.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Hugging Face. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Hugging Face. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hugging-face?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Photography | 1 | 100% |
| Generative AI | 1 | 100% |
| Photo Editing | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abhishek Thakur | Open Source Development and Research | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-thakur |
| Abubakar Abid | Machine Learning Team Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abubakar-abid |
| Clément Delangue | CEO & Co-Founder | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clement-delangue |
| Julien Chaumond | Co-founder | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julien-chaumond |
| Rajiv Shah | Machine Learning Solutions Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajiv-shah-0403 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Photoroom | Photoroom is an AI-enabled image capturing app that lets users create studio-quality product pictures in seconds. The company offers to remove background, change the background, and showcase products in one click on iPhone and iPad for free, helping users to easily make changes to their images. | $19M | Series A | Nov 07, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adjacent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adjacent-9b5a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/facebook) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hugging Face invest in?

Hugging Face invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Photography and Generative AI startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Hugging Face?

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### Who are the partners at Hugging Face?

The team at Hugging Face includes Abhishek Thakur (Open Source Development and Research), Abubakar Abid (Machine Learning Team Lead) and Clément Delangue (CEO & Co-Founder), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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