Sofia Sukhinina

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I research open weights and open source AI: why open models are behind well-resourced closed labs (the gap isn't model performance, it's coordination), and whether Ethereum could serve as the infrastructure that changes that.For me it is one continuous line of work, where the core question is: where can Ethereum act as critical infrastructure beyond crypto? In my first months, that meant the open source funding problem: how money reaches the maintainers who keep critical software alive, and how Ethereum-native tools can reduce leakage along the way (more on that in my role description below). Most recently, I am trying to answer the same question for the open models in AI ecosystem.My path here: - 6+ years in technical recruitment, mostly sourcing developers on GitHub, which is what got me into open source communities in the first place;- program management at OnlyDust, helping open source contributors succeed across Web3 ecosystems;- business development at Vyper, where I experienced firsthand what it means for a critical public good to depend on a single, inconsistent funding source with no sustainable model underneath it.Happy to connect with people working on open weights and o

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