AlphaFold 2 (Open Source) -> AlphaFold 3 (Closed Source)

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Thu, June 20, 2024

I’d like to introduce an example where AlphaFold version 2 is open source, but version 3 is closed source.

AlphaFold 2 (Open Source)

AlphaFold 2’s open source code is published at https://github.com/google-deepmind/alphafold.

AlphaFold 3 (Closed Source)

AlphaFold 3 is closed source and is not being sold either.

I speculate that AlphaFold 3 was made closed because Isomorphic Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet, seems likely to achieve commercial success.

Reference Information

That’s all from the Gemba, where I’m researching OSS business models.