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Do you know how Huggingface can pay their bills? How do you monetize an AI that everyone can freely download?

• ___luigi 5y ago
  Yes. HF is built on a tiered subscription (SaaS) model. https://huggingface.co/pricing https://huggingface.co/pricing You can refer to this discussion for more details: https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/1285204129225281536 https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/1285204129225281536
  • Tenoke 5y ago
    I believe huggingface mostly subsist on investments and the amount they earn directly is still pretty small compared to expenses, is that no longer the case?
    • h0mie 5y ago
      One of the founders said on twitter (don't remember when exactly, but less than a year I think) thay they were cash flow positive.
      • ___luigi 5y ago
        Yes, this is the tweet: https://twitter.com/Thom_Wolf/status/1354007933315645441 https://twitter.com/Thom_Wolf/status/1354007933315645441
        • fxtentacle 5y ago
          Thank you :) I guess I'm now "old" in the sense that it never occurred to me to search for this kind of info on Twitter.