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title: "Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s policy chief on the costs, risks, and trade-offs"
source: "TechCrunch：AI（RSS）"
source_tier: "t2"
url: "https://techcrunch.com/podcast/building-on-open-source-ai-hugging-faces-policy-chief-on-the-costs-risks-and-trade-offs/"
permalink: "https://feed.astralor.com/items/itm_bb779f39a67b00cc55d8535e"
published: "2026-11-04T18:44:57.000Z"
score: 56
channel: "tech"
tags: ["开源","Building","Hugging Face","Open","But","Irene Solaiman","Equity"]
---

# Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s policy chief on the costs, risks, and trade-offs

## At a glance

Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freel…

## Key points

- Hugging Face's Irene Solaiman joins Equity to explain what startups need to know when building on open AI models, and how to evaluate the tools around them and keep the open ecosystem secure.

## Full text

Hugging Face's Irene Solaiman joins Equity to explain what startups need to know when building on open AI models, and how to evaluate the tools around them and keep the open ecosystem secure.

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