What Bill Gurley thinks about open source

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General partner at Benchmark Capital for over two decades; was the lead analyst on Amazon's IPO before moving into venture capital. Writes Above the Crowd on tech and marketplace economics.

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1. 9 Jun 2026

   Our readingAn open-source model ecosystem innovates faster than a closed one, because every participant learns from the others' work.

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   Their wordsthe competitive dynamic in China is more intense because it's more intense. Everyone's chosen to go open source and that creates a system that in my mind is capable of innovating far faster than the competitive system we have here. All the models learn from one another.

   ↗Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurleyyoutube.com 7th of 16 in this recording