Founder Profile
Clément Delangue
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Clément Delangue?
Clément Delangue is a founder of Hugging Face, Inc., which was founded in 2016 with Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf.
- Company founded
- Hugging Face, Inc.
- Founded
- 2016
- Co-founders
- Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf
Background
French entrepreneur and ESCP Europe graduate who worked in product and marketing roles at startups, including Moodstocks (later acquired by Google), before co-founding Hugging Face.
Founding Story
Clément Delangue is co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face. He led the company from its 2016 teen chatbot app to the open-source pivot and became one of the most visible advocates for open AI, including testimony to the US House Science Committee in June 2023. He raised the company's Series A through D rounds and, in summer 2026, approached Nvidia about a sale, leading to the $12.93 billion agreement announced in September 2026. Clément Delangue was born in 1989.