What is Hugging Face? - Models, Datasets & Spaces

Hugging Face can feel like "just a model website" when you first land on it, but it is a much bigger ecosystem. In this HF Universe walkthrough, I show how Models, Datasets, and Spaces fit together with live examples and simple decision rules. You will see practical ways to run models in the cloud or locally, explore datasets with Data Studio, and evaluate apps/models inside Spaces. --- 🤓 *Topics Covered* - Hugging Face Models and Inference Providers - Datasets and Data Studio workflows - Spaces, arenas, and app deployment --- ⏱️ *Timestamps* 0:00 Introduction and episode roadmap 1:36 Models: search, compare, and run 8:39 Datasets: explore and chat with data 12:45 Spaces: demos, arenas, and deployment 19:22 Conclusion and next episode