Open-sourcing Kimi K2 may still boost revenue via licensing
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-07-20
The thread argues that if Kimi K2 is licensed into products like Cursor, open-sourcing strong models may still be revenue-positive for the model maker when inference is expensive. The core idea is that in a compute-constrained market, distribution, brand, and licensing can matter more than keeping everything closed.
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