Bill Gurley on Open Source Strategy: can automotive AI replicate the LLM open-source wave
abursuc · x · 2026-09-16
Reacting to a talk at #ssad2026 asking whether automotive can have an open-source wave like LLMs, this post recommends Bill Gurley's essay From Open Source Software to Open Source Strategy.
- Valeo AI's Kashyap argues via the Linux vs. Windows NT analogy that open source is the right path for automotive AI, with room for more players
- Gurley recalls his 1999 call on open source: it has since produced thousands of projects, hundreds of VC-backed companies, and hundreds of billions in market cap
- The essay introduces "Open Source Strategy": leading innovators using open-source concepts to reshape industry power dynamics
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