Thomas Wolf
Thomas Wolf is a Hugging Face co-founder and chief science officer. His earlier career included physics research and patent law before a return to machine learning. At Hugging Face, he helped connect language-model research with tools that others can use and extend. His shared papers include TransferTransfo, Transformers, and Datasets. The projects give developers common interfaces for models and data, with many maintainers and contributors doing the work. Wolf also helped initiate BigScience, whose collaboration released BLOOM in 2022. In 2025, he coauthored the Reachy Mini launch with Pollen Robotics colleagues, extending shared development into programmable robot hardware. His current interests include AI for scientific discovery.
- Now at
- Hugging Face
- Works
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Timeline
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Earlier career
Physics and patent law
Wolf’s earlier work included research and patent work before machine learning.
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Company beginnings
Hugging Face
He co-founds the company with Clément Delangue and Julien Chaumond.
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2019–2021
Shared language tools
Wolf coauthors TransferTransfo, Transformers, and Datasets with their teams.
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2022
BigScience and BLOOM
The international collaboration releases BLOOM; Wolf helped initiate it.
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July 2025
Reachy Mini
Wolf and Pollen colleagues introduce a programmable desktop robot in early development.
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October 2026
Science questions
He is chief science officer and is interested in AI for scientific discovery.
Sources and credits
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