An open AI systems stack could become a much bigger economy than closed model ecosystems
rakyll · x · 2026-07-25
The post argues that models are only part of the story and that an open ML/AI systems stack could eventually emerge and build a much larger economy than a closed ecosystem.
It leans on historical precedent: once a layer wins, it often becomes a commodity—just as Linux, databases, orchestration, compilers, networking, and codecs did. The core claim is that AI may follow the same pattern rather than remain permanently closed.
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