Databricks exec: AI coding is a duopoly today, open-source models will make it a triopoly
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-09-05
- Yuchen of Databricks argues the AI coding market is currently a duopoly of Anthropic and OpenAI.
- He predicts it will soon become a triopoly: open-source models are unstoppable and taking share, much like Android and Linux did — a trend he says is already clear from Databricks serving large enterprise customers.
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