open weights

also referred to as: open weight

2 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 15, 2025 by Martin Casado · across every show →

Everything said about open weights, oldest first

Aug 15, 2025 positive
Insight
Casado: Open-weight AI does not empower competitors like open-source software
“Open weights is not the ability to produce the weights. But open software is the ability to produce the software. Like if you give me open software, I can compile it, I can modify it, whatever, but giving open weights, you don't have it. You don't have the dat…”
Martin Casado Aug 15, 2025 ▶ 23:48 The Current Reality of American AI Policy: From ‘Pause AI’ to ‘Build’
Aug 5, 2026 bullish
Assertion Supported
Moe: Open-weight inference can hit 500 tokens/sec, 2-3x faster than proprietary APIs
“But for open weight, when you are running it, every provider can offer potentially even 10 different levels of speed going from like the slowest mode, which can be a lot cheaper to 400 tokens per second almost up to 500 in many cases for some workloads. And th…”
Simon Moe Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 17:55 How Open Source Became AI's Backbone | Inferact with a16z
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