My full conversation with Joseph Jacks, founder and General Partner at OSS Capital - a VC dedicated to funding open-source software companies. In it, we discuss:

00:00 - Intro to JJ, OSS Capital, and Commercial Open Source

03:25 - The concept of COSS, how it works, how it differs from traditional VC

04:30 - Open core companies vs closed core companies

08:30 - How can you maintain a competitive position and moat when you’re open source

14:00 - OpenAI and regulatory capture

21:00 - e/acc vs Doomerism

26:45 - Could humanity lose control and agency over AI?

29:45 - Open source AI vs ppen *weights* AI?

33:00 - Transformer architecture - and its flaws

Find out more:

JJ on X: @JosephJacks_

OSS Capital: https://oss.capital/

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