Cartoonist, Engineer, PM, Partner @a16z investing in infra & AI
Prev Product lead @HashiCorp, Founding Eng/PM @Transposit. Eng @AppDynamics. Opinions = own.
Every interesting AI project I've seen from a small team leans on open weights somewhere. Open weights are what keep the field open to people who aren't at a big lab
America’s software leadership was built on openness. We have the same opportunity in AI.
If we want a competitive, secure AI ecosystem whose benefits extend far beyond a handful of companies, we need to preserve access to open-weight models.