Google has poured untold millions into open source over the last couple of decades, not just by sponsorships, but also by employing contributors, etc.

I don't think that'll change with AI. They just needed to be reminded about the financials of Tailwind and I'm sure it was an easy conversation internally.

Well that and the fact that LLMs love using Tailwind, which puts the vendors in an awkward spot if the Tailwind project implodes.

Makes you wonder how much ossification is going to happen because AI models are entrenched in 2023's tooling du jour.

Maybe there are also engineers at Google who saw the thread yesterday and wanted to help out? I agree that companies are self-serving, but (for now) they’re made of people who are not.

If your business can easily get destroyed by AI, then the problem is your business model.