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# [The Open-Source AI Stack Engineering Leaders Should Watch in 2026](https://radar.firstaimovers.com/open-source-ai-stack-engineering-leaders-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The open-source AI tooling boom is real, but winning companies evaluate repos by governance, not star count. Here is what to watch and what to avoid.

May 9 · 15 min read · radar.firstaimovers.com  
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[Dr Hernani Costa](https://hashnode.com/@drhernanicosta)

@drhernanicosta · Amsterdam, Netherlands

  
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Architecting Responsible AI & Automation

PhD in Computational Linguistics. I build the operating systems for responsible AI. Founder of First AI Movers, helping companies move from "experimentation" to "governance and scale." Writing about the intersection of code, policy (EU AI Act), and automation.

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