{"id":"b9ef1159-6629-46b0-a86e-db43ceeb65b8","name":"Hugging Face","slug":"hugging-face","description":"Open-source AI platform company and host of the model hub. In robotics, Hugging Face develops LeRobot, the open-source robot-learning framework that hosts and runs VLA models (pi0, GR00T N1.5) along with datasets, simulation environments, and training tooling. The de facto open hub for robotics foundation models.","status":"Private","founded":2016,"hq":"Brooklyn, New York, USA","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://huggingface.co/blog/lerobot-release-v040","label":"Hugging Face Blog: LeRobot v0.4.0 release"},{"url":"https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot/pi0","label":"Hugging Face Docs: pi0 on LeRobot"},{"url":"https://huggingface.co/","label":"Hugging Face platform"},{"url":"https://huggingface.co/blog/hugging-face-pollen-robotics-acquisition","title":"Hugging Face acquires Pollen Robotics to sell open-source robots (Apr 2025)","sourceName":"Hugging Face (official)"},{"url":"https://huggingface.co/blog/reachy-mini","title":"Reachy Mini: the open-source robot for AI builders (July 9, 2025)","sourceName":"Hugging Face (official)"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/hugging-face-opens-up-orders-for-its-reachy-mini-desktop-robots/","title":"Hugging Face opens orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots (July 9, 2025)","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/hugging-face-launches-reachy-mini-robot-as-embodied-ai-platform/","title":"Hugging Face launches Reachy Mini robot as embodied AI platform (July 2025)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/hugging-face-acquires-pollen-robotics-launches-reachy-2-robot-for-open-source-research/","title":"Hugging Face acquires Pollen Robotics, launches Reachy 2 for open-source research (Apr 2025)","sourceName":"DeepLearning.AI (The Batch)"},{"url":"https://venturebeat.com/technology/the-app-store-for-robots-has-arrived-hugging-face-launches-open-source-reachy-mini-app-store-with-200-apps","title":"Hugging Face launches open-source Reachy Mini app store with 200+ apps (2025)","sourceName":"VentureBeat"},{"url":"https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/07/hugging-face-reachy/","title":"Hugging Face launches Reachy Mini robots for human-robot interaction (July 2025)","sourceName":"InfoQ"},{"url":"https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot/en/reachy2","title":"Reachy 2 documentation (LeRobot)","sourceName":"Hugging Face (official docs)"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Founded","value":"2016"},{"label":"HQ","value":"Brooklyn, New York, USA"},{"label":"Business","value":"Open-source AI platform and model hub"},{"label":"Robotics role","value":"Develops LeRobot, the open-source robot-learning framework hosting VLA models (pi0, GR00T N1.5), datasets, sim, and training tooling; the de facto open hub for robotics foundation models"}],"aliases":["Hugging Face","HuggingFace","HF"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T14:06:06.504Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-24T22:18:19.635Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hugging-face","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hugging-face","name":"Hugging Face","alternateName":["Hugging Face","HuggingFace","HF"],"description":"Open-source AI platform company and host of the model hub. In robotics, Hugging Face develops LeRobot, the open-source robot-learning framework that hosts and runs VLA models (pi0, GR00T N1.5) along with datasets, simulation environments, and training tooling. The de facto open hub for robotics foundation models.","identifier":"b9ef1159-6629-46b0-a86e-db43ceeb65b8","foundingDate":"2016","address":"Brooklyn, New York, USA","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":null,"lifecycle_state":null,"architectural_position":{"cohort":null,"sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":11,"primary_source_types":["model-repository","primary-company-ir","secondary-industry-publication","secondary-trade-publication"]}}}