Made in UAE AI model hits 100 million monthly downloads
Falcons AI beats 1.7M AI models to become Hugging Face's most downloaded
#UAE #opensource - Ras Al Khaimah-based AI company Falcons AI has hit 100 million downloads of its NSFW image classification model during the past 30 days on global open-source platform Hugging Face, becoming the first UAE company to claim the number one position in monthly download rankings. The Fine-Tuned Vision Transformer model has doubled its download rate from 50 million in February 2025, establishing the UAE developer as a leading force in the global open-source AI community. The milestone represents a milestone for UAE open-source AI developers, with Falcons AI's model now ranking first among over 1.7 million models hosted on the world's largest open-source AI model repository.
SO WHAT? - A global open-source AI community, Hugging Face hosts more than one million AI models, data sets and apps, whilst tens of millions visit its website each month to look for open-source tools and solutions. Ranking top in Hugging Face’s AI model downloads is no mean feat and testament to Falcons AI expertise and success in developing AI models. The top Hugging Face ranking also helps to highlight the UAE’s fast growing AI talent pool.
Here are some key points about Falcons AI and the AI model:
Falcons AI 's NSFW model recorded 100 million downloads in 30 days, doubling the 50 million milestone achieved in February and establishing the UAE company as the top performer on global open-source AI community Hugging Face.
The model now ranks first among more than 1.7 million AI models hosted on Hugging Face, making Falcons AI the first UAE company to achieve the number one position on the global platform.
The Fine-Tuned Vision Transformer architecture was trained on 80,000 curated images to distinguish between normal and explicit content, using optimised learning parameters for superior classification performance.
Download volumes significantly exceed other prominent AI models, with Falcons AI's system achieving substantially higher adoption rates than widely publicised international competitors during the same period.
The model operates under Apache 2.0 open-source licensing, enabling broad commercial and research applications across content moderation, corporate governance, media publishing, and regulatory compliance sectors.
Based in Ras Al Khaimah, Falcons AI provides AI-powered solutions for businesses and governments, focusing on automation, efficiency, and decision-making support alongside its advanced open-source development programme.
The achievement demonstrates growing global demand for robust content moderation tools as generative AI image models proliferate user-generated content across digital platforms requiring automated screening.
The success establishes UAE AI developers as competitive forces in international open-source communities, with local innovation capturing significant global market adoption in critical AI applications.
ZOOM OUT - The UAE’s strategic investment in its AI ecosystem is paying off, with development from R&D labs, commercial AI ventures, corporates and independent experts starting to make an impact on the global stage. In addition to well publicised model releases from big UAE R&D labs and shining stars like the Falcons AI NSFW model, the UAE ecosystem is also earning a reputation for growing developer resources, communities and global collaboration.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
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NSFW Image Classification Model (Hugging Face)
Falcons AI (Hugging Face)