Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says open source AI is expanding quickly and is becoming central to how companies build AI products. In interviews reported by TechCrunch, Delangue describes Hugging Face as operating like a “GitHub for AI,” hosting and enabling the sharing and downloading of open models and datasets. He says those resources are widely adopted, citing that roughly half of the Fortune 500 uses models or datasets available through the platform. Delangue also argues that many businesses are increasingly “done renting their AI,” a theme he says he has seen repeat across organizations as they gain access to reliable open alternatives. As companies experiment with AI and evaluate costs and capabilities, he suggests they shift away from rental or pay-to-use approaches toward owning or running models and datasets directly. The reporting frames the trend as tied to the growth and maturation of open source AI ecosystems, rather than a single product or policy change. Overall, the sources present Delangue’s view that open models and datasets reduce barriers to deployment and accelerate adoption across large enterprises.