Latest open artifacts (#22): Zyphra, Cohere, and Poolside are expanding the breadth of the ecosystem
The open model ecosystem is diversifying globally, with more orgs like Zyphra, Cohere, and Poolside releasing models beyond the early Chinese-dominated landscape.
“Attempts to slow or ban this ecosystem are not only futile, as the history of tech-related bans has shown, but also unsafe and anti-freedom.”— Nathan Lambert
Interconnects argues the open model landscape has shifted from a handful of mostly Chinese labs to a diverse global set of pure model makers, Big Tech, and product companies. This matters because it signals a maturing, multi-actor open ecosystem where the frontier-chasing crowd shrinks while a long tail of specialized models grows, and where bans would dangerously concentrate AI power.