A technical founder transformed his open-source scheduling optimization project into Timefold AI, a venture-backed startup specializing in PlanningAI solutions, after his project at Red Hat faced discontinuation. The company secured multiple funding rounds, built a cloud-based SaaS platform for complex scheduling problems, and grew to a team of 30+ specialists, while maintaining its open-source roots.

https://timefold.ai/blog/how-i-built-an-ai-company-to-save-my-open-source-project

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