Anthropic’s open-source reluctance is really about protecting valuation, says X post
haider1 · x · 2026-07-29
A post argues that Anthropic avoids supporting open-source models because doing so could hurt its valuation.
The core claim is straightforward: an open model can be used by anyone, hosted by multiple inference providers, and fine-tuned for many use cases, which would put downward pressure on costs and weaken a closed-model moat.
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