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Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339

2026-09-18 · 94 min · 39 entities

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  • → references twistartups.substack.com website
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • → references @Calacanis website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://substack.com/@calacanis%E2%81%A0
  • → references Physical: 100⁠ concept
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical:_100%E2%81%A0
  • → appeared on This Week in Startups podcast
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    Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339
  • → hosted by Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • → discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • → references ThisWeekIn website
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://youtube.com/thisweekin%E2%81%A0
  • → references Twist website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://plaud.ai/twist
  • → references @Thisweekinstartups website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups%E2%81%A0
  • → references Jason company
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twitter.com/Jason%E2%81%A0
  • → references superhuman.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://superhuman.com/
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/%E2%81%A0
  • → references Ai Glasses person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://meta.com/ai-glasses/%E2%81%A0
  • → references TWiStartups⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twitter.com/TWiStartups%E2%81%A0
  • → references paypal.launch.co website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": http://paypal.launch.co/
  • → references Lons⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://x.com/lons%E2%81%A0
  • → references Microduck website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/%E2%81%A0
  • → references Thom Wolf⁠ person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://x.com/Thom_Wolf%E2%81%A0
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://electrek.co/2026/09/17/lucid-bolt-25000-autonomous-evs-europe/%E2%81%A0

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websites 24

  • mentioned twistartups.substack.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • mentioned @Calacanis website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://substack.com/@calacanis%E2%81%A0
  • references twistartups.substack.com website
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twistartups.substack.com/
  • references @Calacanis website
    0.77
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://substack.com/@calacanis%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned ThisWeekIn website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://youtube.com/thisweekin%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned Twist website
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": http://odoo.com/twist%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned @Thisweekinstartups website
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://instagram.com/thisweekinstartups%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned superhuman.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://superhuman.com/
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned TWiStartups⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twitter.com/TWiStartups%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned paypal.launch.co website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": http://paypal.launch.co/
  • mentioned Lons⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://x.com/lons%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned Microduck website
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/%E2%81%A0
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://electrek.co/2026/09/17/lucid-bolt-25000-autonomous-evs-europe/%E2%81%A0
  • references ThisWeekIn website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://youtube.com/thisweekin%E2%81%A0
  • references Twist website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://plaud.ai/twist
  • references @Thisweekinstartups website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups%E2%81%A0
  • references superhuman.com website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://superhuman.com/
  • 0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/%E2%81%A0
  • references TWiStartups⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twitter.com/TWiStartups%E2%81%A0
  • references paypal.launch.co website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": http://paypal.launch.co/
  • references Lons⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://x.com/lons%E2%81%A0
  • references Microduck website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/%E2%81%A0
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://electrek.co/2026/09/17/lucid-bolt-25000-autonomous-evs-europe/%E2%81%A0

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  • mentioned Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • mentioned Hugging Face Co-Founder person
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    Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339
  • hosted by Jason Calacanis person
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    Feed author/publisher: Jason Calacanis
  • mentioned Ai Glasses person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://meta.com/ai-glasses/%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned Thom Wolf⁠ person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://x.com/Thom_Wolf%E2%81%A0
  • references Ai Glasses person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://meta.com/ai-glasses/%E2%81%A0
  • references Thom Wolf⁠ person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://x.com/Thom_Wolf%E2%81%A0

companys 5

  • mentioned Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • mentioned Jason company
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twitter.com/Jason%E2%81%A0
  • discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • references Jason company
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://twitter.com/Jason%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned NVIDIA company
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    NVIDIA

concepts 2

  • mentioned Physical: 100⁠ concept
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical:_100%E2%81%A0
  • references Physical: 100⁠ concept
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    Link in episode "Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical:_100%E2%81%A0

podcasts 1

  • appeared on This Week in Startups podcast
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    Hugging Face Co-Founder on Open-Source, Microduck, and NVIDIA | E2339
Episode description as stored
This Week In Startups is made possible by: Superhuman:⁠ http://superhuman.com/⁠ Paypal:⁠ http://paypal.launch.co⁠ Odoo:⁠ http://Odoo.com/twist⁠ Plaud:⁠ http://Plaud.ai/twist⁠ Harmonic:⁠ http://harmonic.ai/⁠ Today’s show: Hugging Face built a $399 open-source robot duck as a side quest, and sold 16,000 units off a single tweet. Co-founder Thomas Wolf joins Jason and Lon to explain Microduck happened, why storage is the company's real business, and what it felt like to get hacked by OpenAI's agents. Jason takes apart Gavin Newsom's new AI "kill switch" executive order: if these models are so dangerous, why not start with the same KYC every bank already requires? PLUS, Snap’s new AI-integrated glasses could be a game-changer. Guests: Thomas Wolf on X:⁠ https://x.com/Thom_Wolf⁠ Hugging Face:⁠ https://huggingface.co/⁠ Relevant Links: Hugging Face —⁠ https://huggingface.co/⁠ Microduck —⁠ https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/⁠ Pollen Robotics —⁠ https://pollen-robotics.com/⁠ OpenAI: the Hugging Face incident and the road ahead —⁠ https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/⁠ Governor Newsom's executive order —⁠ https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/californias-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-weigh-ai-oversight-including-kill-switch-3a98040f⁠ Anthropic Wet Lab —⁠ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/anthropic-quietly-sets-up-biology-lab-as-it-ramps-ai-drug-program-report.html⁠ Lucid and Bolt to deploy 25,000 autonomous EVs across Europe —⁠ https://electrek.co/2026/09/17/lucid-bolt-25000-autonomous-evs-europe/⁠ Snap opens pre-orders for Specs at $2,195 —⁠ https://www.specs.com/⁠ Ray-Ban Meta Display — the $799 comparison⁠ https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/⁠ Clavicular at All-In Summit —⁠ https://x.com/clavicular/status/2099994778616348811?s=20⁠ Physical: 100 (the Korean original) →⁠ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical:_100⁠ Bad Therapy —⁠ https://www.abigailshrier.com/⁠ Full Show Notes and Transcript from Pluad:⁠ https://web.plaud.ai/s/pub_194de893-8c55-4d77-81db-a6b278159a44::o9QfImqCq5VS0F_dqm4J93eTeyb-GsIeXCLwqASnvYAmt5f59OLQz5-VN1epnq6DBLoZWFales_7IbgC⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 Guest: Thomas Wolf, co-founder & chief science officer, Hugging Face 1:58 Plaud: If your work depends on conversations — interviews, meetings, calls — you need a Plaud NotePin S. You can check it out at https://Plaud.ai/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off! 4:17 Two years to build Microduck 8:43 How Hugging Face actually makes money: storage, not tokens 10:16 Superhuman - Superhuman Go is an AI chat that's always there when you need it, already aware of what you're doing, and doesn't ask you to start from zero. Sign up to get the best in AI at https://superhuman.com 17:18 Vibe-coding robotics: "train this new behavior for me" 20:00 PayPal - Pay zero processing fees on your first $100K in eligible PayPal payment volume. Learn more at https://paypal.launch.co 23:20 Thomas Wolf's P-doom and the airplane-safety analogy 25:18 The Nvidia acquisition and what changes for open models 29:57 Odoo - The all-in-one business platform. Your first app is free! Get started today at https://Odoo.com/twist 38:39 Inside the Hugging Face breach: stolen credentials and basic mistakes 43:33 News: Newsom's executive order and the frontier-model "kill switch" 45:04 Jason's counter-proposal: liability, insurance, and KYC for AI 1:00:08 News: Lucid and Bolt to put 25,000 robotaxis on European roads 1:10:01 News: Snap opens pre-orders for $2,195 Specs AR glasses 1:21:43 Off-Duty: Clavicular, the All-In Summit 1:31:01 Off-Duty: Physical 100 goes to Italy and Mexico Subscribe to TWiST on Substack:⁠ https://twistartups.substack.com/⁠ Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple:⁠ https://rb.gy/v19fcp⁠ Follow Lon: X:⁠ https://x.com/lons⁠ Follow Jason: X:⁠ https://twitter.com/Jason⁠ LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis⁠ Check out all our partner offers:⁠ https://partners.launch.co/⁠ Great TWIST interviews:⁠ Will Guidara,⁠⁠ Eo