Tune in to listen to Matt and Avi share their thoughts on the impact of AI on open source, give their opinions on the recent copilot lawsuit, chat about the recent round of layoffs at tech companies, and dive into the news of the week in the open source community.

Live from all things open, Matt & Avi welcome Emily Omier to the Hacking Open Source Business Podcast. Emily and Avi discuss their talk on how to determine if your open source project sucks or not, as well as dig into how to interview users, figure out the position and messaging for your open source project, and more! We hope you will join us!

In the 3rd Episode of the Hacking Open Source Business Podcast Joseph Jacks (JJ), the founder of OSS Capital, a VC firm specializing in investments in open source businesses, shares his insider view on building, funding, and growing open source businesses. Avi and Matt ask JJ to cover his investment strategy, what he looks for in founders, how he evaluates business growth, and more! If you are a maintainer thinking about trying to get seed funding, an open source business executive evaluating growth, or an aspiring investor in open source you won't want to miss this episode.

Welcome to episode 2 of the Hacking Open Source Business podcast! In this episode, Avi and Matt are joined by the CEO of Heroic Labs, Chris Molozian, and the Head of Developer Relations at Heroic Labs Gabriel Pene. Heroic labs did not start off as an #opensource company but moved to #opensource later in the company's lifecycle. Learn about some of the reasons why they made the switch, how they are currently using open source, and how open source has become critical to their product strategy.