Betaworks selects Hugging Face for 2016 accelerator, WSJ reports
WSJ reports Betaworks picked Hugging Face among eight startups for its 2016 accelerator out of 450 applicants. Betaworks wrote a $150,000 check and funded additional support; at the time, Hugging Face built a teen chatbot.
By Yuliya ChernovaJohn Borthwick and his team at venture firm Betaworks picked Hugging Face as one of eight startups to join its 2016 accelerator among 450 applicants.New York-based Betaworks wrote a $150,000 check to the company, which was developing a chatbot for teens at the time.
Another $50,00…