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# Open Source AI, To Foundation Models and Beyond


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 11, 2025
- **Time:** 11:40–12:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** Mainstage
- **Event:** World Congress 2025
- **Tags:** ai, llms, open source

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1375-open-source-ai-to-foundation-models-and-beyond)

## Description

What is open source AI and how is it transforming AI development? Listen to experts discuss the technical and business aspects of building with open source AI. Our panelists examine how foundation models like DeepSeek, Llama Nemotron, and Gemma are accelerating AI innovation. You will gain valuable insights to help you leverage open source tools to build your AI application.

## Speakers

### [Andreas Blattmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@andreas-blattmann)

Co-Founder of Black Forest Labs
### [Ankit Patel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ankit-patel)

Senior Director Developer Marketing at NVIDIA
### [Lucie-Aimée Kaffee](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@lucie-aimee-kaffee)

EU Policy Lead & Applied Researcher at Hugging Face
### [Matt White](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@matt-white)

GM of AI, Linux Foundation. Executive Director, PyTorch Foundation
### [Philipp Schmid](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@philipp-schmid)

AI Developer Experience at Google DeepMind


## Related talks at this congress

- [The Open Future of AI: Beyond Open Weights](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/642-the-open-future-of) — Matt White
- [From Model to Metal: An Open Source Stack for Accelerating Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/832-from-model-to-metal) — Andrew Wafaa
- [Azure AI Foundry for Developers: Open Tools, Scalable Agents, Real Impact](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/735-azure-ai-foundry-for) — Oliver Will
- [One AI API to Power Them All](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2025/sessions/718-one-ai-api-to-power) — Roberto Carratalá