Meeting the whale brothers of Datawhale in person in Hangzhou was an experience I'll never forget. Meeting actual users/day-1 whale bros, receiving exceptionally detailed questions, and discovering so many of the attendees were teachers - it still makes me a bit sad that my busy schedule cut this portion short. I wanted to take a picture with each individual and hear their story. It gives me so much hope for a future where open source goes beyond technology: a philosophy of sharing applied knowledge freely. The diversity of perspectives, time zones, languages - they become an asset to not only those involved but also all of society. This, to me, is the power and beauty of open source. An elegant, inherently artistic, learning-centric movement - one beyond the constraints of "a person having ordinary skill in the art."

As President Trump meets President Xi this week, a call to the American AI community: If your startup, lab, non-profit or company benefits from open international AI - especially Chinese (Deepseek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM,…), please share! Open source is the most important driver of competition, jobs and wealth creation in AI today. Let’s support and promote it at critical times like this week!