Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
TechCrunch (AI) · July 10, 2026
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Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue states that open source AI is gaining strong momentum. The platform functions as a central hub for sharing and accessing AI models and datasets, comparable to GitHub, and is now used by roughly half of the Fortune 500. Delangue notes that companies frequently follow a recurring pattern of starting with open source approaches in their AI projects.
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