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Open-weight labs (Models & applications) in AI infrastructure: the 1 leader on the AI Infra 100

November 2026 edition · 1 of 100 companies · rank is the position on the AI Infra 100

1 of the 100 companies on the AI Infra 100 is in the Open-weight labs segment of Models & applications, from 1 country. Hugging Face holds rank 81 of 100 with a score of 86. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the AI infrastructure landscape.

RankCompanyCategory / segmentCountryScore
81Hugging FaceHugging Face operates a major open-model ecosystem, publishing, hosting, distributing, and deploying open-weight models across language, vision, video, and robotics use cases.Models & applications / Open-weight labsUnited States86

Score out of 100: traction (deployment, production, commercials, progress) and capability (technology, positioning, firepower, leverage). The full AI Infra 100 with filters →

AI Infra 100 by country

United States 46Japan 12China 7Taiwan 7Germany 5Ireland 3Netherlands 3South Korea 3Switzerland 3United Kingdom 3France 2Australia 1Canada 1Israel 1Italy 1Singapore 1Sweden 1

AI Infra 100 by region

North America 47Asia 30Europe 21Middle East 1Oceania 1

AI Infra 100 by category

Power, cooling & thermal 19Networking & interconnect 16Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs 16Data center build & operate 13Fabrication, memory & packaging 12Compute demand & operators 8Chips & accelerators 6Agents & tooling 3Compute software 3Models & applications 2Safety & security 2

AI Infra 100 by segment

Optical & photonic interconnect 11Cooling & thermal 8Advanced packaging 7Deposition, etch & metrology 7Colocation & wholesale 6Hyperscalers 5Rack & server power delivery 5Servers, racks & system integration 5Grid & power equipment 4EDA & design tools 3Frontier labs as compute buyers 3Inference & serving clouds 3Lithography 3Accelerator design 2Custom silicon & IP 2Foundry 2Generation for data centers 2HBM & DRAM 2Hyperscale developers 2Security 2Switching & NICs 2Test, measurement & validation 2Wafers, chemicals & gases 2Agent platforms 1Cables, connectors & PCB 1China accelerators 1Data platforms & labeling 1Generative media 1Inference-specialist chips 1Open-weight labs 1Orchestration 1Photonic foundry & PIC platforms 1Rare earths, minerals & gases 1

Questions this page answers

Who are the top Open-weight labs companies in AI infrastructure?

Hugging Face ranks highest (rank 81 of 100, score 86). The Open-weight labs segment (Models & applications) holds 1 of the 100 companies on the AI Infra 100: Hugging Face. Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Which companies supply Open-weight labs for AI infrastructure?

Hugging Face. Each has a company file with scores, facts and signals. Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

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