{"id":10420,"date":"2026-07-03T14:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=10420"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:39:55","slug":"i-argued-with-the-father-of-open-source-for-2-years-now-the-ai-fight-is-the-same-only-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=10420","title":{"rendered":"I argued with the father of open source for 2 years.\u00a0Now the AI fight is the same \u2014\u00a0only bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Siegel is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He co-founded Two Sigma, a financial sciences company, with the belief that innovative technology and data science could help discover value in the world\u2019s data.<\/em>
David\u2019s philanthropic efforts underscore his conviction that education, science, and technology are the keys to a better world. In keeping with this vision, he founded Siegel Family Endowment in 2011 to support organizations and leaders that will understand and shape the impact of technology on society. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

He is a member of the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation and is Chairman of the Board of Overseers at Cornell Tech. David also serves as Vice-Chair of the Scratch Foundation, an organization he co-founded in 2014 to support Scratch, a programming language and online community for children. In addition, he is a board member of NYC FIRST, FIRST National, Khan Academy, and Stanford\u2019s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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