Ask HN: How do open source companies make money?

2 points by JohannesCortez 16 days ago | 2 comments

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?

gus_massa 15 days ago |

Some sell consulting about using their project.

Some sell hosting the online version.

Some do a rug pull and close the source.

jr_isidore 16 days ago |

Get over a million users. Then sell ads, or sell their data.