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On Open Weight Models with Sarbjeet Johal, One Day Before Nvidia Said It Is Buying Hugging Face
We recorded this conversation with Sarbjeet Johal, top Silicon-Valley based Technology Analyst, the day before Nvidia reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the primary hub for open-weight AI models, for $12.9 billion.
That timing matters, because the entire conversation is about open-weight and open source models.
Open-weight models are free to download, but Brex's Summer 2026 Benchmark highlighted the tech stack and cost that make open-weight models operational. Sarbjeet returned to my show to unpack his LinkedIn comment that started this conversation: "open weights give you possession, not…
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