Hugging Face Co-Founder Says Reactions to Joining Forces Plan Are '99% Positive'

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Hugging Face co-founder Julien Chaumond said the response to the company's "intent to join forces" has been overwhelmingly positive, citing public support from Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai and Mira Murati.

Highlights

  • Chaumond said 99% of reactions have been positive and described the response as "overwhelming and humbling."
  • Supporters framed the move as a boost for the open-model ecosystem, with Nadella praising its potential to let open models continue to flourish and Pichai saying it will strengthen the ecosystem.
  • Some of the support came from figures who could be seen as having a competitive relationship with NVIDIA, underscoring broad industry goodwill.
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