Unlocking the Full Value of Open Source in Japan & APEC Economies
Talkat Open Source Summit Japan + AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit + Automotive Linux Summit 2025 · 2025-12-08..12-10·
summary
Japan leads open source in AI, AR/VR and manufacturing but lags cloud and OS infrastructure; organizations report managing 85 private forks that average 60 hours per release (~5,160 hours), pay ~$670,000 annually in workaround costs, and estimate a $3.5M rebuild if open source didn’t exist. Contributors gain a 2.2 months lead on roadmap changes and faster maintainer responses; foundation membership averages a 5x ROI. Regional analysis values open source AI in APEC at ~$4 trillion through 2038, while hiring is 124% slower than upskilling.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Open source research in Japan & APEC
- 1:49Japan study: open source trends
- 6:05Quantifying open source ROI
- 11:46Open source AI’s APEC impact
- 17:44Japan’s AI skills gap
- 20:19Executive awareness of open source value
- 21:50Regional studies and digital sovereignty
- 23:16Cyber Resilience Act awareness
- 24:40Commercial open source projects
- 26:11Future research agenda and Zephyr study
- 28:42Q&A
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