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OpenAI

AI infra comparison — funding, valuation, and investors, sourced from Value Add Pulse coverage.

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Hugging Face

The open-source AI platform and model hub hosting over 1 million models and datasets for more than 10 million registered developers.

24 Pulse stories
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OpenAI

OpenAI is the maker of ChatGPT and the GPT model family, serving roughly 900M weekly active users with 50M+ paid subscribers — it filed its S-1 on June 8, 2026 ahead of a planned IPO.

234 Pulse stories
Total Raised
$395M
$180B
Hugging FaceOpenAI
Last Valuation
$4.5B (Series D, Aug 2023)
$852B
Hugging FaceOpenAI
AI infra
Sector
AI infra
2016
Founded
2015
New York, NY (with Paris office)
HQ
San Francisco, California, USA
Private
Status
Private
Hugging Face investors
Salesforce VenturesGoogleAmazonNvidiaSequoia CapitalCoatueLux Capital
OpenAI investors
MicrosoftSoftBankNvidiaAmazonThrive CapitalSequoia CapitalKhosla Ventures

Data from Value Add Pulse coverage and company research — see the full threads for Hugging Face and OpenAI.

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