Ask HN: How do open source companies make money?
I'm new to the open source side of things and I'm trying to learn as much as I can, I'm looking for material recommendations about Open Source Software (specially in the age of agentic AI).
Can you drop your favorite ones?
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Some sell consulting about using their project.
Some sell hosting the online version.
Some do a rug pull and close the source.
Get over a million users. Then sell ads, or sell their data.