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# NVIDIA Open Season Part 2: Building in the Open
- URL: https://www.cremornedigitalhub.com.au/feed/nvidia-open-season-part-2-building-in-the-open/
- Published: 2026-10-29T04:12:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-29T04:12:08.000Z
- Author: Angelica Alinsod
- Tags: #feed-col

​For years, the frontier was closed. Leading models sat behind a handful of labs, and founders rented access on someone else’s terms. Now open-weight models are becoming more capable, and that’s changing how AI companies get built.

​This shift raises new questions. Should you own your stack or keep renting it? Can fine-tuning on your own data become a moat? What does inference cost when you run it yourself? Sovereign and on-prem deployment can give you more control over your data and less reliance on a single provider, but they come with their own trade-offs.

​And if models become a commodity, where does your advantage sit, and how do founders raise, build and defend?

****Open Season Part 2: Building in the Open**  
📅 Wednesday, 11 November | 5:30PM – 8:00PM AEDT  
📍 Cremorne Digital Hub (80 Balmain St., Cremorne)

[Register now ](https://luma.com/cremorne-ak35?ref=cremornedigitalhub.com.au) 

### ​**About the event:**

​**Building in the Open** is the second half of Open Season, hosted by Cremorne Digital Hub in partnership with NVIDIA. Over one evening, we’ll unpack what open-weight models mean for startups: what they cost to run, where the advantage lives, and how the next generation of AI companies might be built.

​Three founders building on open-weight models will share what they’ve learned, from choosing and running models to building a business around them. Alan Tsen, General Manager of Cremorne Digital Hub, will moderate the panel. Panellists will be announced soon.  
  
*Come straight from the afternoon* [*Building with AI You Can Control (Nemotron)* ](https://luma.com/cremorne-irwg?ref=cremornedigitalhub.com.au)*or join us for the evening only.*

### ​**The conversation will cover:**

- ​Closed frontier to open-weight models
- ​Owning your stack versus renting it
- ​Fine-tuning as a moat
- ​The cost and control of inference
- ​Sovereign and on-prem deployment
- ​Data control and reducing reliance on a single provider
- ​How founders raise, build and defend when models become a commodity

### ​**Why you should join:**

- ​You’ll hear from founders building on open-weight models today.
- ​You’ll get a clearer read on costs, control and where competitive advantage might sit.
- ​You can put your questions to the panel in an open Q&A.
- ​You’ll connect with Melbourne founders, builders and engineers over drinks.

​The frontier is opening up. The question is what you build on it. Join us for a night with the founders already doing it.

[REGISTER NOW](https://luma.com/cremorne-ak35?ref=cremornedigitalhub.com.au)