# Welcome to Inference Providers on the Hub 🔥

DevFeed: [Welcome to Inference Providers on the Hub 🔥](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/welcome-to-inference-providers-on-the-hub-7277.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/inference-providers>)

Author: Burkay Gur; Zeke Sikelianos; Anton McGonnell; Hassan El Mghari; Simon Brandeis; Bertrand Chevrier; Julien Chaumond

Published: 2025-01-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [inference-providers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference-providers.md>), [hugging face](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugging-face.md>), [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [Open Source Models & Datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-models-datasets.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [api-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-keys.md>), [hub](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hub.md>), [hugging-face](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugging-face.md>), [inference-providers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference-providers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [token](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/token.md>)

## AI overview

Hugging Face introduces Inference Providers on the Hub, offering unified access to serverless model inference through partner providers. Users can configure provider API keys and preferences, while requests may either go directly to a provider or be routed through Hugging Face.

## Source excerpt

We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.