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Open source models are having a moment

Sriram Krishnan · 15 Jul 2026 · sriramk.com ↗

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  1. Our reading

    The future is multi-model.

    Their wordsit is clear we are going to have a diverse ecosystem of models at least on coding and agentic use.

  2. Our reading

    Organizations will trade some access to frontier-level AI capability for greater control over how their data is used.

    Their wordsOrganizations are increasingly looking for control over how their data is used and are willing to trade off some access to frontier level tokens for this control.

  3. Our reading

    Countries will adopt open-weight models to get frontier-level AI capability inside controlled, sovereign environments.

    Their wordsGeo-politically, countries will be weighing open weight models as a way to get frontier-level tokens inside controlled environments that may not be otherwise possible.