Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-08-29
TechCrunch reports that open-weight AI companies are currently the hottest acquisition targets in Silicon Valley, with significant capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
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