OSS Summer 2023 retrospective: only Llama succeeded, MPT/Falcon/StarCoder died quietly
HanchungLee · x · 2026-10-29
In a discussion on open model history, Hanchung Lee revisited the OSS Summer 2023 wave: only Llama achieved the biggest success; MPT, Falcon (LightOn), and StarCoder got no follow-ups, along with several smaller Chinese efforts. Pythia was the exception, making significant contributions to open research.
Context: Databricks' ML systems buildout — MLflow (2018), Cortex (2022), Mosaic (2023) — while Snowflake has trailed in AI/ML despite friendlier BI for non-technical users.
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