Open source companies such as MongoDB, Elastic, and HashiCorp are commanding multibillion-dollar valuations. How do these companies generate tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue by ...

People still think of open-source software as general programs for general problems. And, it is, but it's also become vital for vertical markets and companies as well.

With the many business and government organizations that now use open source software such as Linux, it’s becoming increasingly clear that price is not the only advantage such software holds. If ...

As a part of TC's ongoing AI survey series, we spoke to a group of five investors about the pros and cons of open-source AI business models.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. A question that I get a lot is, “Why would you create an open-source business?” That ...

The right approach to open source can be a great revenue model for the software provider — my company did it and we've been profitable since day one.

We asked several venture-capital investors to tell us which commercial open-source startups will boom in 2019. These startups make some of their software available as open source, meaning anyone ...

We’re seeing a paradigm shift in open source business models, said Benchmark Capital Entrepreneur in Residence Rob Bearden at today’s InfoWorld Open Source Business Conference. In the past ...

To find the path for monetizing your open source product, talk to your clients and understand their goals and pains.

AI startup Nomic has raised $17 million in a new funding round from investors led by Coatue, the companies told Reuters.

It’s this open source business model, not open source software per se, which I think proprietary companies like Microsoft and Oracle are unable to get their hands around. It’s the first great ...

What is open-source software? Open-source software is non-proprietary software that allows anyone to modify, enhance, or simply view the source code behind it.