Nathan Lambert launches nonprofit open-source lab Trillium

Former AI2 post-training co-lead Nathan Lambert founded the nonprofit open-source lab Trillium, arguing on the a16z podcast that distillation advantages last only months and that Chinese labs lack compute, not talent.

2026-10-14 ~ 2026-10-15 · 3 related posts

• Nathan Lambert on a16z: Can Open Models Keep Up With OpenAI and Anthropic? — a16z · 2026-10-14
• Nathan Lambert launches nonprofit open AI lab Trillium: distillation edge is months, China lacks compute — a16z · 2026-10-14

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