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Open sourcing Pytorch was also a human resources decision. Big tech learned this lesson somewhere around 2014, that whatever problems they solve, other companies will have 5 years down the line and if they don’t open source their solutions someone else will release the industry defining standard and meta & co will have trouble hiring people for their handrolled solution 15 years down the line. IIrc some spotify engineer said in an interview once that this was a big reason behind them open-sourcing backstage.