Hugging Face Community GPU Grants
Hugging Face · Free GPU for demos
VariesFree GPU hardware (typically ZeroGPU) for selected Hugging Face Spaces (no $ value stated)
Hugging Face grants free GPU upgrades to innovative public Spaces (academic, open-source or community demos), usually via ZeroGPU.
Key terms
- Granted at Hugging Face's discretion to innovative Spaces
- Grants now default to ZeroGPU, which has framework limitations (Gradio)
- Typically for public demos likely to be used by many people, not private dev workspaces
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Eligible
Also required
- Requires a public Hugging Face Space
How to apply
In your Space's Settings, use the 'community GPU grant' request under sleep-time settings and describe the project.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source