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PublishedNovember 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.
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Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freely available, how do companies capture value? And with Chinese open models gaining
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