open source AI

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement May 15, 2023 by Yann LeCun · across every show →

Everything said about open source AI, oldest first

May 15, 2023 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe May 2028
LeCun: Public will reject proprietary AI and demand open-source infrastructure
“They would be so pervasive, so much will ride on, on those systems that I don't think anyone will accept that those assistant being behind Event Horizon in a private company, they will insist that the infrastructure is open.”
Yann LeCun May 15, 2023 ▶ 20:18 Yann LeCun: Meta’s New AI Model LLaMA; Why Elon is Wrong about AI; Open-source AI Models | E1014 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 31, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Shazeer: Open and Closed AI Ecosystems Will Continue to Coexist
“As there has been, there will be a big ecosystem of open and closed of, you know, People who aren't sharing their secret sauce with, and people who are sharing all of their secret sauce and the ability to mess around with things at a small scale is going to le…”
Noam Shazeer Aug 31, 2023 ▶ 23:19 Noam Shazeer: How We Spent $2M to Train a Single AI Model and Grew Character.ai to 20M Users | E1055 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 29, 2024 positive
Insight
Mensch: Developers prefer customizing open-source models over proprietary APIs
“This open source part was, I believe, a good enabler for the community and made people realize that they could build very interesting technology by modifying the models themselves instead of depending on the APIs of a couple of providers.”
Arthur Mensch Apr 29, 2024 ▶ 16:23 Arthur Mensch: Open vs Closed - Who Wins and Mistral's Position | E1146 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 28, 2025 neutral
Insight
Casado: The AI Playbook Is Open-Sourcing Small Models While Keeping Advanced Closed
“The standard model of open sourcing AI is you open source the smaller model and you keep the more capable model closed source. And it's a way that you get distribution and ran brand recognition, but you don't actually erode your business.”
Martin Casado Jul 28, 2025 ▶ 36:21 a16z GP, Martin Casado: Anthropic vs OpenAI & Why Open Source is a National Security Risk with China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 5, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Alex Schultz: Meta may reconsider open-sourcing extreme AI capabilities
“We've said that when it gets to the cutting edge, like the absolute cutting edge, the bleeding edge, There, we don't think you should be necessarily releasing open source, and we'll think about that. So I think at the most extreme capabilities, I don't know th…”
Alex Schultz Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 33:22 20Growth: Meta CMO Alex Schultz on How All Founders Have to Change Their Marketing Playbook in a World of AI | Is AI Plateauing, What it Means if China Wins the AI Race and Why Zuck is a Generational Leader
Jun 20, 2026
Insight
Petersen: Frontier AI is required for coding, wasteful for basic workflow automation
“For our coding agents and, like, for actually developing product, we probably always want the frontier model, but if you're just, Automating a workflow. If the open source one that's basically free can automate it, then I don't, there's diminishing returns to …”
Ryan Petersen Jun 20, 2026 ▶ 17:09 Flexport CEO: Two Questions Every Founder Needs to Ask · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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