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BALANCING GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY - AVALONIA'S FINANCIAL EVOLUTION

Monetizing open source software is notoriously difficult. This post describes Avalonia's approach to creating a sustainable business around a popular open source project. Avalonia's 30% month-over-month growth during 2023 came with many challenges, which meant that its team needed to expand to handle its community's growing needs. The project gains income through development services, support agreements, in-person training, donations, and by making a paid product.

WHY THE AI ACT WAS SO HARD TO PASS

European lawmakers have reached a provisional deal on artificial intelligence rules. The EU AI Act uses a tier system that ranks AI applications based on risk. High risk AI systems, systems that could impact safety or fundamental rights, and General Purpose AI Systems, have the most onerous regulatory restrictions. Many parts of the legislation were heavily contested even until the final hours before the deal was approved. The full approved AI Act text won't be available for several weeks.

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