Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue said companies are moving from rented AI services to open‑source models as costs increase. The company, which now serves roughly half of the Fortune 500, has become a hub where AI developers share and download models and data sets. In a TechCrunch Equity podcast interview with Rebecca Bellan, Delangue described the shift from frontier APIs to open‑source solutions as companies scale. He noted that the halted release of Anthropic’s Fable model illustrates challenges faced by closed‑source providers. Delangue warned that a small number of large firms could come to dominate AI development, raising concerns about market concentration. The discussion highlighted growing adoption of open‑source AI across industries and raised questions about the sustainability of the trend.