Here's the two-hundred twenty-fifth issue of COSS Weekly, the global commercial open source (COSS) company category newsletter, brought to you every weekend by the team at OSS Capital, creators and stewards of COSS Community and Open Core Summit.
We deliver only the most fresh 😋 news from the previous week in COSS across: Funding, Content, Jobs, Liquidity and $COSS (Public Markets).
Last week saw Forward Email's whitepaper on quantum-resistant email 🔥 👀, Wayfinder's launch 🎆, former OpenAI employees filing an amicus brief, releases from Latent Holdings, a Godot message on Nintendo Switch 2, and more!
Enjoy!
💰 COSS Funding
No COSS funding announcements this week.
📚 COSS Content
JJ: "The penultimate transformation of all open source startups is becoming Bittensor subnets." Link
JJ: "Congrats to @Parallel team and @templecrash's relentless execution for birthing $PROMPT into the Top 10 cryptocurrencies (by vol) < 24 hours after launch. The future of AI-driven crypto is @AIWayfinder." Link
JJ: "Hodlers distribution insights have landed to all subnet analytics on TAO.app" Link
Forward Email: "500K+ DOMAINS CAN'T BE WRONG! @fwdemail's quantum-resistant email protects @Canonical @ubuntu @linuxfoundation @dhh @izs @flydotio @Cambridge_Uni @UofMaryland while big tech your mail. Our 74pg whitepaper exposes our zero-knowledge architecture! forwardemail.net/technical-whit..." Link
TechCrunch: "Ex-OpenAI staff file amicus brief opposing the company's for-profit transition tcrn.ch/3XV60Oy" Link
Vamsi Kurama: "Open source is universal doesn't have borders or export controls." Link
Richie - oss/acc: "@Cap is the open source Loom successor. Record in Instant Mode and generate a shareable link, or record with Studio Mode and edit your video locally. Cross-platform. Connect your own storage. Use a custom domain. Invite your team. We're just getting started." Link
Forward Email: "CASE STUDY: How top universities like @Cambridge_Uni @TuftsUniversity @UofMaryland save $87K+ annually on alumni email solutions! Our service powers alumni email for prestigious institutions with NO per-user fees, NO AI scanning, and complete privacy. forwardemail.net/blog/docs/alum..." Link
GitHub: "In 2005, Git made its first commit. Fast-forward to 2025, we relive the birth of Git with the creator, Linus Torvalds. Head down memory lane with us. github.blog/open-source/gi..." Link
Forward Email: "Introducing our Self-Hosted Email Stack! Take full control of your email with our 100% open-source solution. Complete privacy, quantum-resistant encryption, and Docker-based simplicity. Your email, your rules. forwardemail.net/blog/docs/self..." Link
JJ: "Today @latentholdings is unveiling our latest TAO.app API for all chain data and analytics on Bittensor --- we're scaling it to support high vol interactions for groups validating across the entire network. For significant usage, we will share pricing soon. api.tao.app/docs" Link
Forward Email: "NEW CASE STUDY: How @LinuxFoundation manages email across 250+ domains (like linux.com & jQuery.com) while saving ! These open-source champions partnered with us to revolutionize their email management system ! forwardemail.net/blog/docs/linu..." Link
Forward Email: "ZERO to 1 BILLION downloads! The REAL STORY of how our open source email & web packages shaped JavaScript... @rough__sea @tjholowaychuk @andrisreinman @sindresorhus @mcollina @paulg @mojombo @JosephJacks_ @theregister @cooperpress @npmjs @GitHub forwardemail.net/blog/docs/how-..." Link
W4 Games: "#NintendoSwitch2 will support #NintendoSwitch games Bringing your current #Godot project to consoles is easier than you think. Did you know you can port it yourself---in one click---using #GodotEngine and W4 Consoles? You can start porting to Nintendo Switch today! Learn how" Link
Aadil Ghani: "Don't stop the @cap I've been using this awesome product instead of Loom for a while now. Loving it, especially the zoom segments (chef's kiss)! Wanted to reach out via @intercom widget but failed :) This is why we built a voice sales SDR for Cap here: automaticall.io/preview/cap" Link
Vamsi Kurama: "Open sourcing our @planepowers Official MCP in T-5 days. Fascinated to observe the number of tools that Plane could offer. Building foundational software is a superpower. Follow @planepowers for more." Link
Todor Markov: "Today, myself and 11 other former OpenAI employees filed an amicus brief in the Musk v Altman case. We worked at OpenAI; we know the promises it was founded on and we're worried that in the conversion those promises will be broken. The nonprofit needs to retain control of the for-profit. This has nothing to do with Elon Musk and everything to do with the public interest." Link
Peer Richelsen --- oss/acc: "i consider cal.com more than a product its my personal philosophy come to life transparency over secrecy speed over perfection flexibility over rigidity making time for everyone" Link
TechCrunch: "Jim Zemlin on taking a 'portfolio approach' to Linux Foundation projects tcrn.ch/3ElmV68" Link
💸 COSS Liquidity (M&A + IPOs)
No COSS Liquidity announcements this week.
🛠️ COSS Jobs
- 5,467 jobs and 333 companies hiring! Link
📊 $COSS - Public Markets
- $COSS markets up 3.85% last week
- Latest $COSS markets as of last Friday at market close, courtesy of Koyfin
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