Hugging Face, a hub for advanced AI models, has quickly become one of tech’s hottest startups, thanks to growing enterprise interest in open-source AI platforms. With a $4.5B valuation, and marquee investors including Nvidia and Google, Hugging Face Co-Founder and CEO Clem Delangue explains why he passionately believes in AI democracy and how he’s pulling down the guardrails of proprietary technology so anyone, anywhere, can get the data they need.