Hugging Face and Google Cloud have announced a strategic partnership to enhance the ability of companies to build and customize their own AI using open models. This collaboration aims to leverage Google Cloud's advanced infrastructure and Hugging Face's extensive library of over two million open models to provide seamless AI deployment experiences. The partnership will introduce a CDN Gateway to improve model download speeds and supply chain robustness, and will integrate Google Cloud's unique capabilities into Hugging Face's Inference Endpoints, offering faster deployment times and enhanced security through Google’s Threat Intelligence technologies. This alliance seeks to democratize AI development, making it easier for companies to deploy open models securely within their infrastructure using Google Cloud's leading services like Vertex AI, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Run, while also ensuring that Hugging Face users benefit from the latest TPU advancements.