CxC Ep37: Is Open Source the Future of AI? - with Ahmad Osman & Michael Bradley (Osmantic)

This week on Code x Connor, we're joined by Ahmad Osman and Michael Bradley, co-founders of Osmantic, to discuss why open source AI is rapidly closing the gap on frontier models and how owning your own AI infrastructure could become a major competitive advantage. Osmantic builds open source infrastructure that enables organizations to deploy, manage, and operate self-hosted AI systems, helping enterprises retain control of their data, reduce costs, and build specialized AI tailored to their own business. In this episode, we discuss: → Anthropic’s accusations that Moonshot trained Kimi K3 on Claude → The rise of open source models and the threat it poses to closed source frontier labs → Why enterprises should own their AI infrastructure instead of renting intelligence → How self-hosted AI can reduce costs while protecting intellectual property → Why smaller, specialized models may outperform frontier models for enterprise workloads → The financial advantages of treating AI infrastructure as a capital investment → Why AI value comes from engineering, workflows, and context—not just larger models → How frictionless developer tooling could accelerate enterprise adoption of self-hosted AI → Microsoft's shift toward open models and what it signals about the future of enterprise AI → Why the next wave of AI innovation may come from open source rather than frontier labs → How infrastructure, hardware, and model efficiency could reshape the economics of AI Be sure to follow this channel for insights and perspective from industry leaders, and schedule a meeting with us through www.codestrap.com to learn more about our offering. Osmantic Website: https://www.atlassian.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/osmantic/ Ahmad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theahmadosman/ Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bradley-07bab74a/ Codestrap Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/ Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connordeeks/ Codestrap (X): https://x.com/Codestrap_ai CodeStrap (LI): https://www.linkedin.com/company/codestrap