Sergio Paniego - ML Engineer | AISC x Hugging Face

What is it like to work as an ML Engineer at one of the companies shaping the future of open AI? Sergio Paniego tells us first-hand: his day-to-day tasks, what he’s working on right now, how the open-source ecosystem has evolved, and the challenges facing anyone building AI in the open today. Hugging Face is much more than a developer community. It’s the meeting point for open AI: hundreds of thousands of models, datasets and tools that anyone can use, share and deploy without needing exclusive resources. Its catalog includes some of the most powerful models in the world, from OpenAI, NVIDIA, DeepSeek, Qwen and many others. The idea behind it all is simple but powerful: AI shouldn’t be in the hands of just a few. Anyone, from a university lab to someone coding from their bedroom, should be able to build, share and deploy AI solutions without needing exclusive resources. We’ll wrap up with a hands-on demo so you leave knowing how to start building with AI from day one.