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Post argues open AI weights avert vendor consolidation

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An argument posted online claims open AI weights are needed to stop the AI economy consolidating around two or three vendors. The post details three concrete ways open weights address risks and align with open ecosystem goals. Florian Brand at Prime Intellect and collaborators from multiple labs have amplified the message, citing ongoing work at Arcee AI and NVIDIA AI.

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amazing post and great timing w.r.t. ant's post yesterday we must build open ai to not get locked in by the vendors who will decide who gets which capabilities and the west has to realize that open models are important and support open model efforts (like @arcee_ai, @NVIDIAAI)

8:23 AM · May 15, 2026 View on X
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@xeophon @arcee_ai @NVIDIAAI + Prime Intellect ;)

Florian BrandFlorian Brand@xeophon

amazing post and great timing w.r.t. ant's post yesterday we must build open ai to not get locked in by the vendors who will decide who gets which capabilities and the west has to realize that open models are important and support open model efforts (like @arcee_ai, @NVIDIAAI)

3:23 PM · May 15, 2026 · 40.2K Views
5:18 PM · May 15, 2026 · 464 Views

amazing post and great timing w.r.t. ant's post yesterday

we must build open ai to not get locked in by the vendors who will decide who gets which capabilities

and the west has to realize that open models are important and support open model efforts (like @arcee_ai, @NVIDIAAI)

Bill GurleyBill Gurley@bgurley

A new @bgurley blog post! I have been thinking about how sophisticated executives are using open source in super creative ways. Started writing this three years ago. Excited to finish it up and publish it! And with the new @p3institute brand. https://substack.com/home/post/p-197032865?source=queue

12:59 PM · May 15, 2026 · 233.8K Views
3:23 PM · May 15, 2026 · 40.2K Views
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