--- title: Why open infrastructure will define the AI era | daily.dev description: 74% of developers now use AI tools, but the industry is increasingly dependent on proprietary, usage-billed platforms from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-open-infrastructure-will-define-the-ai-era-gclwcyi2a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why open infrastructure will define the AI era | daily.dev og:description: 74% of developers now use AI tools, but the industry is increasingly dependent on proprietary, usage-billed platforms from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-open-infrastructure-will-define-the-ai-era-gclwcyi2a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GClwCyi2A.png og:image:alt: Why open infrastructure will define the AI era og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why open infrastructure will define the AI era **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 74% of developers now use AI tools, but the industry is increasingly dependent on proprietary, usage-billed platforms from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. Gartner predicts AI coding token spend could exceed developer salaries by 2028. Industry voices argue that open infrastructure — open-source models, open protocols like MCP, open orchestration layers, and Kubernetes-based deployments — is essential to avoid vendor lock-in, fragility, and economic concentration. Parallels are drawn to Linux, Docker, and the open internet as evidence that open foundations tend to win long-term. Initiatives like the Agentic AI Foundation, MCP, and llm-d donation to CNCF signal growing momentum toward openness, though gaps remain in governance and API standardization. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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