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Grouparoo snares $3M seed to build open source customer data integration framework

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Today, Grouparoo , a new startup from three industry vets is the next company up with an open source framework designed to make it easier for developers to access and make use of customer data. We’ve been talking a lot about being open about our culture and what’s important to us,” he said.

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Thinking of building your own AI agents? Don’t do it, advisors say

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Goldcast, a software developer focused on video marketing, has experimented with a dozen open-source AI models to assist with various tasks, says Lauren Creedon, head of product at the company. The company isn’t building its own discrete AI models but is instead harnessing the power of these open-source AIs.

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Skiff, an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Docs, raises $3.7M seed

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Skiff’s co-founders Andrew Milich (CEO) and Jason Ginsberg (CTO) announced today that the startup has raised $3.7 That’s why Skiff published a whitepaper with technical details of how its technology works, and has begun to open source parts of its code, allowing anyone to see how the platform works.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

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Weve also seen the emergence of agentic AI, multi-modal AI, reasoning AI, and open-source AI projects that rival those of the biggest commercial vendors. Theres too much attention on AI for code development, which is actually just a fraction of the whole software development process.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. A friend of mine has a company that builds open source applications in spaces that are a bit less innovative than Elgg, but they do very well financially through the packaging and support models.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

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Perl was previously the head of technology at home service booking platform Dispatch and the CTO of pharmacy supply chain firm Zipdrug. Perl notes that tests are written in Playwright , an open source testing package, allowing them to be migrated to other platforms if customers so wish. ” QA Wolf promises a lot. .

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Databricks acquires AI-centric data governance platform Okera

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Investors include Felicis, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cyber Mentor Fund, ClearSky and Emergent Ventures. Databricks open sources a model like ChatGPT, flaws and all With this acquisition, Databricks is also bringing Okera co-founder and CEO Nong Li on board. The two companies did not disclose the purchase price.