Stay Ahead: Open Source AI Surges + $5B Market Ahead + Global Highlights
Explore how Open Source is fueling breakthroughs in AI, energy, and government systems + OIN member news, Open Source global trends, and upcoming events you don’t want to miss!”
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AROUND THE WORLD
The global Open Source LLM market is expected to grow from 720 million (USD) in 2025 to 5 billion by 2033 — a CAGR of 24% — reports HTF Market.
As India builds upon its strong Open Source ecosystem, AMD will train 100,000 graduates in Open Source GPU programming and offer 100,000 hours of free cloud access in India.
Switzerland releases Apertus, an Open Source LLM model available in two sizes with 8 billion or 70 billion parameters. It was built by Swiss public institutions for public interest.
Supporting United Arab Emirates’ shift to tech innovation, democratizing AI access & fostering global competition, the country launches K2 Think — an Open Source AI model designed to challenge heavyweights like China’s DeepSeek and OpenAI’s offerings.
NEW MEMBERS
Ather Energy — India’s 1st smart electric scooter manufacturer founded in 2013 & headquartered in Bengaluru — is one of the country’s leading hardware startups, recognized for its R&D capabilities & commitment to sustainable mobility. Ather Grid is one of the largest fast-charging grid networks in India with more than 3,100 locations.
MEMBER NEWS
Fortune Magazine names Alibaba to its “2025 Change the World List for Open Source AI,” marking the most appearances by a Chinese tech company on the list.
The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) & 11 European automakers — including BMW, Forvia & Mercedes-Benz — collaborate to develop a shared, Open Source automotive software ecosystem.
Huawei introduced its CloudMatrix 384 system at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) as it seeks to capture market share in China’s growing AI industry.
The U.S. General Services Administration gains access to Meta’s Llama Open Source AI models.
Microsoft donates DocumentDB to the Linux Foundation, bringing together an unusual mix of tech giants — including Amazon, Google & Microsoft — for a shared model.
Tencent releases Hunyuan-A13B, a new LLM that introduces fast & slow reasoning based on the query’s complexity.
UPCOMING EVENTS
August
- The AI_dev Open Source GenAI & ML Summit will be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 28th-29th.
October
- The Open Source in Finance Forum kicks off Oct 21st in New York, NY.
- If you’re headed to the PyTorch Conference in San Francisco, CA, this month, catch up with our CEO to discuss “Open Source Meets AI —Navigating Increased Patent Litigation Vulnerabilities” Oct. 22nd at 6pm.
November
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) flagship conference KubeCon / Cloud NativeCon North America will be held in Atlanta, GA, November 10-13th.
December
- Check out “Protect Your Code — How IP & Open Source Professionals Can Prevent Costly Patent Attacks” with our CEO Keith Bergelt at the Open Compliance Summit December 11-12th in Tokyo, Japan.
Save the Date: February 2026
- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation brings ContainerDays to London, England, February 11-12, 2026. Be the first to secure your ticket and get an early bird discount.