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