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A letter to tech CEOs

2026-04-15 Science & Technology
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Theo - t3․gg
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A lot of people thought that AI would kill open source, but I actually think it's making open source the only viable path forward... Thank you RWX for sponsoring! Check them out at: https://soydev.link/rwx Thank you G2i for sponsoring! Make sure to checkout out AI Engineer Miami as well, you really should go: https://soydev.link/miami SOURCES https://www.builder.io/blog/ai-slop-forks https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2041566958681014418 Want to sponsor a video? Learn more here: https://soydev.link/sponsor-me Check out my Twitch, Twitter, Discord more at https://t3.gg S/O @Ph4seon3 for the awesome edit 🙏

Top Comments (10)

@red3red3-x3b 2026-04-15

waiting for t3chat to be opensourced

697 19 replies
@Metaphic 2026-04-15

I 100% agree with you, so when is T3chat going open-source?

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@TheFingerMove 2026-04-15

inb4 "open source T3 Chat"

226 2 replies
@zdenek_ 2026-04-15

T3sidian when?

191 2 replies
@benjyross4626 2026-04-15

Come on then, open up T3 chat 😊

128 2 replies
@martin_nav 2026-04-15

Put your money where your mouth is. Open source t3 chat

117 2 replies
@ghostbuilds_yt 2026-04-15

Would you consider no longer accepting sponsorships from products that aren’t fully open source?

109 8 replies
@Vachan_notavailable 2026-04-15

Obsidaian going open source?

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@gtolondev 2026-04-15

I'm 15 minutes into the video, and you're raising some really interesting points that I hadn't thought of. To me, open source is great in theory, but in practice, it's a real headache to monetize. I wanted to launch a product recently, and the decision of whether or not to make it open source is a huge burden. Your arguments about the “Building Block Economy” are solid, but it seems insanely optimistic. It’s nice to say that people will pay for the service, but in reality, many companies struggle to turn that visibility into actual cash without getting sucked in by clones or people who just want something for free. It’s a very “Silicon Valley” vision very interesting, but super risky for a small indie developer who doesn’t yet have a big community to protect them, I think.

76 2 replies
@beardyman 2026-04-15

This sounds like utter chaos

32 3 replies

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