Chinstrap Community is proud to introduce Cossmology, a comprehensive, worldwide directory of commercial open source software (COSS) companies. Check it out: cossmology.com If you’re working on an OSS project around which you’ve built, or plan to build, a commercial offering, tell us about it by using our Submit feature! Feedback welcome! #OpenSource #OSS #COSS #Apache #Linux #CNCF #Blockchain #DevOps #GitHub #DevTools

PickNik - Robot motion planning and manipulation software (@PickNikRobotics) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/q5GyUXo Key People: Dave Coleman (@waffle), Dave Grant, Nathan Brooks #Robotics #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

COSS Weekly: Teleport adds Cisco as strategic investor, Temporal raises $550M, PickNik acquired by Qualcomm, and more dub.sh/kh1tBBW #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

COSS Weekly: Unleash raises $35M, Mistral AI valuation tops €21B, ClickHouse ARR passes $350M, and more dub.sh/3HNzKPl #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

COSS Weekly: Databricks hits $190B valuation, Nvidia confirms acquisition of Hugging Face, Amazon acquires DuckLabs, and more dub.sh/4JAxAYk #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

Muse Group - Music-creation tools and publishing platform (@musegroupbrands) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/40MQBRV Key People: Eugeny Naidenov, Mo Chahdi (@MChahdi) #Audio #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

Orca - IDE for parallel AI coding agents (@orca_build) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/7OnPwif Key People: Jinjing Liang (@JinjingLiang), Neil Parker (@nwparker_) #IDE #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

Headroom Labs - Context compression for AI agents Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/5GBeyJK Key People: Tejas Chopra (@chopra_tejas), Devanshi Vyas #DeveloperTools #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

Chinstrap Community offers a free 5-week workshop on commercial open source software (COSS) for startup founders, potential founders, and early startup team members. Dates have now been set for Cohort 5: September 10, September 17, September 24, October 1, and October 8. All dates are Thursdays and all sessions are at 9 am PT (GMT-7) and will be offered via Zoom. This workshop is for anyone who has launched or is considering launching a startup around an OSS project, or anyone who is part of a startup that is considering open sourcing its core product. Topics covered include: * COSS business and monetization strategy * License choice * Brand management * Community engagement * Go-to-market strategies for COSS The workshop will be taught by renowned OSS experts Heather Meeker (@HeatherMeeker4) and Sabir Ibrahim (@devlegalX). For more info, or to apply, visit: dub.sh/qD2entk

TrueFoundry - Enterprise AI gateway for LLMs and agents (@truefoundry) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/pvnH2qP Key People: Nikunj Bajaj (@nikunjbjj), Abhishek Choudhary, Anuraag Gutgutia (@anuraag_kgp) #LLMGateway #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

Synthefy - Tabular data prediction models (@synthefyinc) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/gdT03t1 Key People: Somi Agarwal (@somi_synthefy), Sandeep Chinchali (@SPChinchali) #DataPrediction #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

COSS Weekly: Databricks acquires Electric, Stripe reportedly acquires OpenRouter, Temporal in talks for $500M, and more dub.sh/sNsYvrh #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

COSS Weekly: Convex raises $57M, Elastic acquires Deductive AI, HashiCorp founder launches new startup, and more dub.sh/2PHvzdo #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

LangWatch - AI agent testing and evaluation platform (@LangWatchAI) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/3lc93Cf Key People: Manouk Draisma (@ManoukDrai47041), Rogerio Chaves (@_rchaves_) #LLMOps #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

COSS Weekly: Fish Audio raises $52M, Prime Intellect raises $130M, Nscale acquires Anyscale, and more dub.sh/ippo9G4 #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

COSS Weekly: BYOC grows and COSS grows with it, MyDecisive raises $12M and exits stealth, Aiven acquires Flow AI, and more dub.sh/cIXoWKl #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity

CrateDB - Distributed SQL database for real-time analytics (@cratedb) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/GdYWkRN Key People: Robert Ekstrom, Jodok Batlogg, Bernd Dorn, Christian Lutz #Database #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

Diagrid - Agentic durable execution platform (@diagridio) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/465p5qx Key People: Mark Fussell (@mfussell), Yaron Schneider (@yaronschneider) #WorkflowOrchestration #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

MyDecisive - AI DevOps platform for telemetry control (@MyDecisive_AI) Cossmology Profile: dub.sh/Po3gEor Key People: Ari Zilka (@ikarzali) #DevOps #OpenSource #OSS #COSS

COSS Weekly: Anaconda Acquires Kilo Code, Thinking Machines Releases its Long-Awaited LLM, DeepSeek Reportedly Valued at $52B, and more dub.sh/IiRDvwH #OSS #COSS #OpenSource #Cossmology #ChinstrapCommunity