Banning open-source models would wipe out the startups serving them
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-22
Banning open-source models would, in practice, wipe out startups that build the infrastructure to serve those models to customers. The post argues that this would reduce choice and be harmful across multiple dimensions.
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