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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

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To solve the problem, the company turned to gen AI and decided to use both commercial and open source models. So we augment with open source, he says. Right now, the company is using the French-built Mistral open source model. Open source models also offer companies more flexibility in when to upgrade.

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO

In todays rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of the enterprise architect has become more crucial than ever, beyond the usual bridge between business and IT. In a world where business, strategy and technology must be tightly interconnected, the enterprise architect must take on multiple personas to address a wide range of concerns.

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Zilliz raises $43 million as investors rush to China’s open source software

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For years, founders and investors in China had little interest in open source software because it did not seem like the most viable business model. The three-year-old Chinese startup, which builds open source software for processing unstructured data, recently closed a Series B round of $43 million.

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Meta offers Llama AI to US government for national security

CIO

The move relaxes Meta’s acceptable use policy restricting what others can do with the large language models it develops, and brings Llama ever so slightly closer to the generally accepted definition of open-source AI. As long as Meta keeps the training data confidential, CIOs need not be concerned about data privacy and security.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs.

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Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M

TechCrunch

Bitwarden , an open source password manager for enterprises and consumers, has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by PSG, with participation from Battery Ventures. ” Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Which open source startups rocketed in 2022?

TechCrunch

A new report shines a light on the world of commercial open source software (COSS) startups, including which ones are growing fastest, which are raising cash and even which universities are most popular among COSS founders. Runa previously backed a number of companies with open source foundations such as Nginx , MariaDB and N8n.

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Open Source is Quickly—and Rightfully— Becoming Enterprise’s First Choice

Open source is not just a community, it’s a movement. And while its popularity has, of course, existed for decades, its accelerating growth in today’s enterprise is unmistakable. Find out why enterprises are going all-in on their open source strategy.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value.