DataStax just bought our startup Langflow

Post by zwaps » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 6:11 PM UTC

ck_one wrote: post #10

Is this an acquisition or an acquihire?

Post by CorporateGrunt » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 6:19 PM UTC

rodrigonader wrote: post #2

Rodrigo from Langflow here! I've been itching to share this news with everyone on HN, and it’s very timely given it's happening on YC Demo Day. Best of luck to all the founders demoing today! My co-founder Gabriel and I have been building Langflow 24/7 for over a year now. We're a small, fully bootstrapped team based down in Brazil, and honestly, it was so wild to fly up to SF for the first time to meet the DataStax…

Post by nicechianti » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 6:24 PM UTC

rodrigonader wrote: post #2

Rodrigo from Langflow here! I've been itching to share this news with everyone on HN, and it’s very timely given it's happening on YC Demo Day. Best of luck to all the founders demoing today! My co-founder Gabriel and I have been building Langflow 24/7 for over a year now. We're a small, fully bootstrapped team based down in Brazil, and honestly, it was so wild to fly up to SF for the first time to meet the DataStax…

Post by Solvency » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 6:32 PM UTC

rodrigonader wrote: post #15

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Langflow will forever be free, open-source, and agnostic. Hard to make a bold claim like this when you’re no longer calling the shots. Or did you get that in contract as part of your deal?

Thanks for the comment - this is important to disclaim: Actually, it's in DataStax's best interests for Langflow to remain free, open source, and vendor agnostic, so they're making that claim too! That is what attracted developers to Langflow in the first place and the reason why we have such a big community. DataStax wants more developers to build on AI and we want to help developers do this, and we don't see that c…

Post by ycombinatrix » Thu, Apr 04, 2024, 6:59 PM UTC

rodrigonader wrote: post #15

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Langflow will forever be free, open-source, and agnostic. Hard to make a bold claim like this when you’re no longer calling the shots. Or did you get that in contract as part of your deal?

Thanks for the comment - this is important to disclaim: Actually, it's in DataStax's best interests for Langflow to remain free, open source, and vendor agnostic, so they're making that claim too! That is what attracted developers to Langflow in the first place and the reason why we have such a big community. DataStax wants more developers to build on AI and we want to help developers do this, and we don't see that c…