Hugging Face

Hugging Face operates one of the largest open-source AI and machine learning platforms, hosting model repositories, datasets, and developer tools widely used across the AI research community. In April 2025, the company acquired Pollen Robotics, a French startup that developed the Reachy 2 humanoid robot, a modular open-source platform designed for research and real-world manipulation tasks. The acquisition signals Hugging Face's expansion into physical AI and embodied robotics, integrating open-source hardware with its existing software and model ecosystem.