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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 25, 2026 • Session details

Democratizing AI: Why Open Models Are Essential for the Next Era

Mitesh Patel , Joey Conway , Olivier Lacombe , Varun Vontimitta

Leaders from Meta, Google DeepMind, and NVIDIA reveal how open-weight models eliminate vendor lock-in. True open-source AI is a spectrum. Learn to build efficient, domain-specific agents today.

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