We Need an Ari Emanuel for Small OSS | Drew Breunig

We always worry about funding for open source projects. It’s nothing new. But recent attention on AI and data and a vibe shift among investors has underlined the issue among OSS developer infrastructure projects. Perhaps the agency model is a way forward.

Sep 10, 2024 OSS BUSINESS We Need an Ari Emanuel for Small OSS Small, Crucial OSS Teams Could Use a Suit Yesterday, Phil Dini asked , “What if all modern open source was a ZIRP [(Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon) 1 ]?” It’s an interesting question. Cheap cash and less scrupulous investors helped fuel giant R&D budgets at FAANG companies and beyond (Uber, Square, and Stripe also come to mind), which led to entire teams at these organizations driving open source projects. Following rising rates and a vibe-shift in investor expectations, these companies started to cut projects and people that couldn

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