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Block - Open Source
By collaborating in the open, we create higher quality software, hardware, and protocols through relentless collective examination, and also ensure our systems, hardware, and protocols evolve to meet real-world needs.

Roadmap: Open Source
After years of investing in open source software, weāre releasing our thinking on what positions these companies as emerging technology giants.

Chris Lattner on Twitter / X
Please donāt tell anyone: we arenāt just open sourcing all the models. We are doing the unspeakable: open sourcing all the gpu kernels too. Making them run on multivendor consumer hardware, and opening the door to folks who can beat our work.Plz keep it quiet, ok? šā Chris Lattner (@clattner_llvm) March 24, 2026
The Rise of OPEN Innovation: The 3Pās for Building a Durable Open Software Company
Accel recently hosted more than 100 of the top open source executives and thought leaders for a full-day event covering the next wave ofā¦

An Update on OpenTitan
Ubuntu Summit 25.10 | Day Two
Some startups are going āfair sourceā to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing | TechCrunch
New alternative category to 'closed source' could help companies monetize software in the open -- without going all-in on open source.

We Need More Open Source in Gaming | Andreessen Horowitz
When it comes to free software, thereās a sharp cultural divide between the tech world and the gaming world. Itās normal for a startup to make heavy use of open source, and itās normal for a big tech company to give away huge codebases for free. This is because the tech world understands the benefits...

Cory Doctorow: IP
Youāve probably heard of āopen source software.ā If you pay atĀtention to the politics of this stuff, you might have heard of āfree softwareā and even know a little abā¦

Zen and the Art of Open Source Maintenance | Fabricated Technobloggle | Daryl Ducharme | Offprint
AI promises frictionless creation, but real software is maintenanceāgreasy hands, patience, and stripped screws. As panic over synthetic slop rises, how do we protect the open commons without locking the door against the next generation of self-taught builders?

Zen and the Art of Open Source Maintenance | Fabricated Technobloggle | Daryl Ducharme | Offprint
AI promises frictionless creation, but real software is maintenanceāgreasy hands, patience, and stripped screws. As panic over synthetic slop rises, how do we protect the open commons without locking the door against the next generation of self-taught builders?

Open-Source EDA Birds-of-a-Feather: Open-Source EDA, Data and Collaboration Summit
This āOpen-Source EDA, Data and Collaborationā Birds-of-a-Feather session is the seventh in a series that began at DAC 2018. As semiconductor design confronts the mounting complexities of advanced nodes, Augmented AI is transitioning from an experimental concept to an indispensable engineering co-pilot. The DAC 2026 session explores the transformative intersection of AI, open-source software and hardware, and the engineers who build them, serving as an informal forum for anyone to share ideas and the latest updates on our open-source ecosystem.
big milestone at the day job where we open sourced Resident, our low-level core tech aimed at hardware device developers: code sandboxes for microcontrollers idea is that end users can infinitely reprogram the products in their home info + GitHub over here... news.inanimate.tech/p/lab-notes-drum-loops-prototā¦
The just-announced Open Source Endowment is now on Bluesky, and we're open to your ideas on how to identify critical OSS projects š
Open Source Endowment
We heard the Bluesky community cares about Open Source, so we showed up š Our endowment dedicated to supporting Open Source maintainers is already at $729k, and we're developing a model for distributing our first funding round. Have ideas on how to identify critical OSS projects? We're listening.