Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue argues that open source AI is on the rise because companies inevitably shift from pricey frontier APIs to more cost-effective open models as they scale. The platform, now used by half the Fortune 500, has become a hub for sharing AI models and datasets. Delangue warns that a few big players could dominate the AI landscape, which would stifle innovation and access. He also notes that Chinese labs are producing most open models downloaded in the U.S., a trend he sees as fixable rather than a reason to abandon open source. Hugging Face itself turned down a large Nvidia investment to prioritize capital efficiency. Delangue believes robotics needs open and transparent AI even more urgently than chatbots or coding tools, given the privacy risks when robots enter homes. Why it matters: This signals a broader shift in AI economics and governance, where openness could determine whether power remains decentralized or gets concentrated in a few corporate hands.