Hugging Face has announced a significant initiative, committing $10 million in free shared GPUs to support developers in creating new AI technologies. This program, called ZeroGPU, aims to democratize access to computational resources, helping small developers, academics, and others in the open-source community. The initiative is part of Hugging Face's broader efforts to support the AI ecosystem, which also includes providing hundreds of GPU grants via their Spaces platform. CEO Clement Delangue discussed this initiative with The Verge, highlighting that the program offers $28.5K/month worth of compute access.