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Jun Kim, oMLX creator and maintainer, joins Hugging Face to support the MLX community
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Jun Kim, creator and maintainer of oMLX, has joined Hugging Face to continue leading the project within the company, ensuring its stability and development.
The integration secures long-term maintenance for oMLX and strengthens Hugging Face's role in the local AI ecosystem, particularly for Apple Silicon users relying on MLX.
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Jun Kim remains the maintainer of oMLX and continues leading its development.
oMLX will stay under the Apache 2.0 license with no changes to its governance.
Hugging Face aims to enhance local AI tooling and streamline model deployment on Apple Silicon.
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The event marks a structural shift where the core maintainer of oMLX transitions into a formal role at Hugging Face, ensuring dedicated resources and stability for the project.
Adoption of this change requires the community to trust Hugging Face's stewardship of oMLX, though the project's open-source licensing and leadership remain unchanged.
The collaboration focuses on advancing MLX's capabilities for local AI, particularly through tighter integration with Hugging Face's ecosystem and streamlined model conversion workflows.
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