Modular's Mojo programming language is now open source

Modular has open-sourced Mojo, its programming language designed as a high-performance alternative to Python for AI and machine learning workloads.

Why it matters: Mojo aims to combine Python-like ergonomics with systems-level performance for GPU and CPU kernels, an area where Nvidia's proprietary CUDA has long dominated. Open-sourcing it invites wider community contribution and could chip away at that software moat.