How a Public-Benefit Startup Plans to Make Open Source the Default for Serious AI

05/06/2025 48 min
How a Public-Benefit Startup Plans to Make Open Source the Default for Serious AI

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Episode Synopsis

Oumi Labs CEO Manos Koukoumidis lays out a vision for “unconditionally open” foundation models—where data, code, weights, and recipes are all transparent and reproducible—arguing this is the only path to production-grade, trustworthy AI. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩  https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS.Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.