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Lin Qiao discusses the future of AI and the significance of open-source models in the industry.

Should American companies be worried about Chinese open-source AI models? Lin Qiao , CEO of Fireworks , doesn't think so. In this episode, she joins Lukas Biewald to talk about why she believes the industry is at a turning point, one that calls for more open intelligence, not less. They cover how Fireworks now processes more tokens a day than OpenAI's API, why she thinks the future belongs to specialized models built on private company data rather than general-purpose ones, and why she believes OpenAI and Anthropic should be open-sourcing their own models too. Connect with us here: Lin Qiao Fireworks Lukas Biewald Weights and Biases

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