diff --git a/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln b/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
index cc2785dd923b..82ebb75dfa2c 100644
--- a/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
+++ b/dotnet/SK-dotnet.sln
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Connectors.Memory.AzureCogn
EndProject
Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Skills.Grpc", "src\Skills\Skills.Grpc\Skills.Grpc.csproj", "{E52F805C-794A-4CA9-B684-DFF358B18820}"
EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Connectors.AI.HuggingFace", "src\Connectors\Connectors.AI.HuggingFace\Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.csproj", "{136823BE-8665-4D57-87E0-EF41535539E2}"
Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "InternalUtilities", "InternalUtilities", "{4D3DAE63-41C6-4E1C-A35A-E77BDFC40675}"
ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
src\InternalUtilities\InternalUtilities.props = src\InternalUtilities\InternalUtilities.props
@@ -214,6 +215,10 @@ Global
{E52F805C-794A-4CA9-B684-DFF358B18820}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
{E52F805C-794A-4CA9-B684-DFF358B18820}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
{E52F805C-794A-4CA9-B684-DFF358B18820}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+ {136823BE-8665-4D57-87E0-EF41535539E2}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+ {136823BE-8665-4D57-87E0-EF41535539E2}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+ {136823BE-8665-4D57-87E0-EF41535539E2}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+ {136823BE-8665-4D57-87E0-EF41535539E2}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
EndGlobalSection
GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -251,6 +256,7 @@ Global
{A350933D-F9D5-4AD3-8C4F-B856B5020297} = {078F96B4-09E1-4E0E-B214-F71A4F4BF633}
{EC3BB6D1-2FB2-4702-84C6-F791DE533ED4} = {0247C2C9-86C3-45BA-8873-28B0948EDC0C}
{E52F805C-794A-4CA9-B684-DFF358B18820} = {9ECD1AA0-75B3-4E25-B0B5-9F0945B64974}
+ {136823BE-8665-4D57-87E0-EF41535539E2} = {0247C2C9-86C3-45BA-8873-28B0948EDC0C}
{E4B777A1-28E1-41BE-96AE-7F3EC61FD5D4} = {831DDCA2-7D2C-4C31-80DB-6BDB3E1F7AE0}
{4D3DAE63-41C6-4E1C-A35A-E77BDFC40675} = {831DDCA2-7D2C-4C31-80DB-6BDB3E1F7AE0}
EndGlobalSection
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63737225a1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace
+ $(AssemblyName)
+ netstandard2.0
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Semantic Kernel - Hugging Face AI connectors
+ Semantic Kernel connectors for Hugging Face. Contains clients for text completion and text embedding generation.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletion.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletion.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletion.cs
rename to dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletion.cs
index e09fa498cc18..82cce1dae266 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletion.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletion.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.AI.TextCompletion;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Diagnostics;
-namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
///
/// HuggingFace text completion service.
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionRequest.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionRequest.cs
similarity index 83%
rename from dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionRequest.cs
rename to dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionRequest.cs
index b2a656744266..a57ca56bb037 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionRequest.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionRequest.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
using System;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
-namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
///
/// HTTP schema to perform completion request.
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionResponse.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionResponse.cs
similarity index 81%
rename from dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionResponse.cs
rename to dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionResponse.cs
index 2678ec93808e..91f922f6cb16 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionResponse.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextCompletion/TextCompletionResponse.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
-namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
///
/// HTTP Schema for completion response.
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceTextEmbeddingGeneration.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceTextEmbeddingGeneration.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceTextEmbeddingGeneration.cs
rename to dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceTextEmbeddingGeneration.cs
index 29bceced7d53..a55d80793fcd 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceTextEmbeddingGeneration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceTextEmbeddingGeneration.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.AI.Embeddings;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Diagnostics;
-namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
///
/// HuggingFace embedding generation service.
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingRequest.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingRequest.cs
similarity index 85%
rename from dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingRequest.cs
rename to dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingRequest.cs
index 2b8cd227e179..ca33f268ed61 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingRequest.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingRequest.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
-namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
///
/// HTTP schema to perform embedding request.
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingResponse.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingResponse.cs
similarity index 89%
rename from dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingResponse.cs
rename to dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingResponse.cs
index ee25f69ad9b4..781959e59522 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingResponse.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.AI.HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/TextEmbeddingResponse.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
-namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
+namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
///
/// HTTP Schema for embedding response.
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/Connectors.UnitTests.csproj b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/Connectors.UnitTests.csproj
index daa33434c67e..013fd5820f96 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/Connectors.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/Connectors.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs
index a3cb59e963f4..7e4c1d217adc 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.AI.TextCompletion;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
using Xunit;
namespace SemanticKernel.Connectors.UnitTests.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceEmbeddingGenerationTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceEmbeddingGenerationTests.cs
index 57fb6c1394a9..c93da5309973 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceEmbeddingGenerationTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.UnitTests/HuggingFace/TextEmbedding/HuggingFaceEmbeddingGenerationTests.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
using Xunit;
namespace SemanticKernel.Connectors.UnitTests.HuggingFace.TextEmbedding;
diff --git a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs
index edb708ef0aa0..0ede61ab25ec 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Connectors/HuggingFace/TextCompletion/HuggingFaceTextCompletionTests.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.AI.TextCompletion;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
using Xunit;
namespace SemanticKernel.IntegrationTests.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
diff --git a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj
index 246f4b26cf5f..50d89e170081 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+
diff --git a/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/Example20_HuggingFace.cs b/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/Example20_HuggingFace.cs
index 06806a011d24..6b4156322e35 100644
--- a/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/Example20_HuggingFace.cs
+++ b/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/Example20_HuggingFace.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.AI.HuggingFace.TextCompletion;
using RepoUtils;
/**
diff --git a/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/KernelSyntaxExamples.csproj b/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/KernelSyntaxExamples.csproj
index 03c3d13ab24e..4f03e8feb86d 100644
--- a/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/KernelSyntaxExamples.csproj
+++ b/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/KernelSyntaxExamples.csproj
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
+