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0xpgmtoday at 11:12 AM2 repliesview on HN

I might be reading this differently, but isn't the acquisition a bet that Modular will become a manufacturer-agnostic software stack?

> "We believe the future belongs to developer-friendly, horizontal platforms that can run across diverse compute environments and give customers real choice in how and where they deploy AI," Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said.


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paufernandeztoday at 2:34 PM

I also believe this. And I think very few people can pull it off, and Chris Latt ner is precisely one of them. I hope that the agreement includes open sourcing Mojo at some point. Chris mentioned fall 2026, iirc.

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mshockwavetoday at 2:33 PM

one of the reasons I rarely read press releases is that I don't believe in promises -- I believe in _incentives_. In this case, what will Qualcomm be incentivized to do? What are in their interests?

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