Open Source AI Week wraps with 11,000+ attendees and a record 66 events
QGallouedec · x · 2026-10-29
Open Source AI Week ended with record numbers: 66 events drew 11,000+ attendees and 200+ participating organizations. Highlights include Hugging Face's kickoff party (1,800 people), GitHub's Open Weight Debates (1,000+ registered, room at capacity), and an ExecuTorch Hackathon with Qualcomm and Meta (200 participants, 35 teams). Winning projects spanned mobility measurement (MotionVitals AI), phone-scam detection (Second-Ear), and home mobility (Venturo Home Mobility).
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