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Open Source Startup Podcast
E141: Building Companies on Open Source Standards - from Hortonworks to Mydecisive.ai
Jul 10, 2024
Ari Zilka, former CTO of Hortonworks and current CEO of mydecisive.ai, discusses the shift towards OpenTelemetry in large enterprises, the cost benefits of open source, and the importance of building a community before monetizing. He emphasizes the value of 'ops' in 'devops' for revenue and shares insights on strategy merging, hypothesis testing, and ecosystem building in company growth.
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- Large enterprises are shifting towards OpenTelemetry to prevent data hostage situations.
- Open source models transfer costs from vendors to engineering teams.
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Ari's Background and Career Trajectory in Open Source
Ari outlines his career trajectory from Hortonworks to Terracotta, EH Cash, and Walmart .com. He emphasizes his role in helping large enterprises consume open source technologies. Ari's approach involves connecting the right individuals and technologies to elevate promising technologies quickly.
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