Jacob and Jason sit down with Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue and discuss trends in who’s using Hugging Face, the future of closed source vs open source in machine learning, why Clem compares large closed foundation models to Formula One Cars, how enterprise AI teams will evolve and AI safety.

(0:00) - Introduction

(1:37) - Welcome Clem

(1:57) - Starting Hugging Face

(5:42) - Influence of ChatGPT

(15:47) - Use cases of large vs. small platforms

(18:44) -  Should large language models be open?

(30:20) - What’s next for Hugging Face?

(43:06) - Rapid fire

(47:02) - Learn more about Hugging Face

With your co-hosts:

@jasoncwarner

- Former CTO GitHub, VP Eng Heroku & Canonical

@ericabrescia

- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare)

@patrickachase

- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn

@jacobeffron

- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health

Jacob is an AI investor at Redpoint Ventures. He's led Redpoint's investments in companies like Abridge, Physical Intelligence & Legora. Follow Jacob on Twitter (@jacobeffron).

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