# Awni Hannun (slim)

> Awni Hannun is MLX original co-creator; left Apple February 2026. MLX LM on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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MLX original co-creator; left Apple February 2026.

- X: https://x.com/awnihannun

## What Awni builds

- [MLX LM](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlx-lm.md), graded D, 52.5/100, in Local AI. Open-source Python package and command-line tools from Apple's MLX team for running, quantising and fine-tuning language models on Apple silicon. `mlx_lm.server` exposes a local HTTP API modelled on OpenAI's chat completions. MLX original co-creator; left Apple February 2026, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Anastasiia Filippova](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anastasiia-filippova/), Apple ML researcher; active MLX LM developer
- [Angelos Katharopoulos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/angelos-katharopoulos/), Original MLX co-creator; continuing MLX team named in handover
- [Jagrit Digani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jagrit-digani/), Original MLX co-creator; continuing MLX team named in handover
- [Ronan Collobert](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ronan-collobert/), Original MLX co-creator; continuing MLX team named in handover

## Questions

### Who is Awni Hannun?

Awni Hannun is MLX original co-creator; left Apple February 2026.

### What does Apple Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists MLX LM from Apple Inc..

### How are Awni's tools graded?

MLX LM is graded D, 52.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://github.com/nastya236
- https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm/commits/main/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiia-filippova-582067222/
- https://x.com/NasFilippova
- https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx
- https://x.com/awnihannun/status/2027506228143030480
- https://x.com/awnihannun
- https://x.com/DiganiJagrit
- https://x.com/angeloskath
- https://x.com/trebolloc
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/apple
- https://x.com/Apple
- https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm

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