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Unsloth is an AI startup dedicated to enhancing the accessibility of artificial intelligence for users across various sectors. The company has developed an open-source fine-tuning and training platform that significantly accelerates the process of customizing large language models (LLMs), making them 2.2 times faster and reducing VRAM usage by 62%. This all-in-one solution is designed to assist scientists and researchers in diverse fields, including skin cancer prediction, DNA sequencing, vaccine development, environmental conservation, and space research. By providing tools that enable the rapid creation of accurate custom models, Unsloth empowers users to analyze large datasets more effectively, thus facilitating advancements in critical areas of research and innovation.

Exploding Gradients is into building an open-source evaluation and testing infrastructure for LLM applications.

K-Scale Labs specializes in developing advanced humanoid robots, with a focus on making them versatile, accessible, and capable of real-world applications. The company's flagship product, K-Bot, is a state-of-the-art platform designed for flexibility, running any user-provided AI models and coming preloaded with K-Scale OS, a high-performance, memory-safe operating system built in Rust. K-Bot is fully repairable and customizable, offering superior quality and empowering developers to innovate without constraints. Additionally, K-Scale Labs provides open-source tools to facilitate robotics development, and a cash-back program based on usage, encouraging data-sharing initiatives.

Fileforge is an API for PDF document workflows. With Fileforge, you can generate, manipulate, host, share, sign and track your documents - all in on place. Our open-source library helps developers build complex documents that integrate with our API and external services to build document-centric workflows.

Ubicloud is an operator of an open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform that enables users to run cloud services in a flexible manner, either through a managed service or via self-hosting. The platform is designed to significantly reduce cloud spending by offering cost-effective solutions that can lower expenses by 3 to 10 times. Ubicloud provides a range of features, including elastic computing, virtual networking, block storage, and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). This empowers businesses to utilize cloud services while maintaining control over their infrastructure through open source code, ensuring portability and freedom in their cloud operations.

Flower Labs is an open-source framework dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence through federated learning. By enabling companies to train AI models on distributed, sensitive data, Flower Labs addresses a critical challenge in the AI landscape where most models rely on centralized public data. The platform is designed to be interoperable across various operating systems and hardware, allowing for seamless integration in heterogeneous edge device environments. It supports a wide range of machine learning frameworks and programming languages, making federated approaches accessible to a diverse set of users. Notable companies such as Banking Circle, Nokia, Porsche, and Brave utilize Flower to enhance their AI capabilities while maintaining data privacy and security. This innovative approach aims to leverage significantly more data, unlocking potential advancements in AI development.

Tracecat is a developer of a cloud-based security management tool that aims to simplify threat detection and response for businesses of all sizes. By utilizing AI-powered anomaly detection, Tracecat analyzes log data from diverse sources to identify suspicious activities and potential security incidents in real-time. The platform features automated workflows that empower security teams to make faster and more informed decisions, offering an open-source alternative to traditional security orchestration, automation, and response solutions. Tracecat's focus on affordability and accessibility makes it a suitable choice for organizations seeking to enhance their cybersecurity posture.

Building a better Salesforce, powered by the Open Source community.

Flower Labs is an open-source framework dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence through federated learning. By enabling companies to train AI models on distributed, sensitive data, Flower Labs addresses a critical challenge in the AI landscape where most models rely on centralized public data. The platform is designed to be interoperable across various operating systems and hardware, allowing for seamless integration in heterogeneous edge device environments. It supports a wide range of machine learning frameworks and programming languages, making federated approaches accessible to a diverse set of users. Notable companies such as Banking Circle, Nokia, Porsche, and Brave utilize Flower to enhance their AI capabilities while maintaining data privacy and security. This innovative approach aims to leverage significantly more data, unlocking potential advancements in AI development.

Netmaker is an open-source platform with a modern virtual networking solution on wireguards.

Medplum is a developer of an open source healthcare platform designed to facilitate the creation, testing, and delivery of healthcare applications. The company provides a headless electronic health record (EHR) system that simplifies healthcare development, allowing developers to build applications with minimal coding. Medplum offers a comprehensive toolbox that addresses the complexities of healthcare, focusing on workflow automation, data storage, security, and user interface components. By providing both a freely available open source version and a cloud-hosted option, Medplum enables organizations to streamline healthcare workflows and effectively manage fragmented data across the medical ecosystem.

Hydra is an open source Snowflake alternative that transforms Postgres into a fast, scalable data warehouse. With Hydra, engineers can standardize both transactional and analytics workloads around the familiar Postgres syntax, tools, and ecosystem without app code changes. Hydra offers a fully managed cloud instance with columnar storage and high throughput writes. In addition, Hydra decouples Postgres' query layer from compute and storage to enable developers to run Postgres queries across any database. Hydra's mission is to end vendor lock-in and standardize on developers' favorite open-source database, Postgres.

Netmaker is an open-source platform with a modern virtual networking solution on wireguards.

Hydra is an open-source data warehouse that specializes in columnar storage, vectorization, and parallelized query execution

Athens Research operates a private and extensible knowledge graph designed for research and notetaking. It is developed as an open-source alternative to Roam Research, emphasizing community-driven contributions. The platform allows users to organize, connect, and access information efficiently, fostering collaboration and enhancing productivity in research activities. By providing a flexible and user-friendly environment, Athens Research supports individuals and teams in managing their knowledge more effectively.