Meta Shifts PyTorch To Linux Foundation: Check Details

Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that PyTorch -- one of the leading community-driven AI research frameworks is moving to a new, independent PyTorch Foundation.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that PyTorch -- one of the leading community-driven AI research frameworks is moving to a new, independent PyTorch Foundation that will be part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation.

The creation of the PyTorch Foundation ensures that decisions will be made in a transparent and open manner by a diverse group of board members for many years to come, according to Meta. The governing body will be composed of representatives from AMD, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft Azure and Nvidia, with the intention to expand further over time.

"Some AI news: we're moving PyTorch, the open source AI framework led by Meta researchers, to become a project governed under the Linux Foundation. 
PyTorch has become one of the leading AI platforms with more than 150,000 projects on GitHub built on the framework. 

"The new PyTorch Foundation board will include many of the AI leaders who've helped get the community where it is today, including Meta and our partners at AMD, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia," Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.

PyTorch was built with an open-source, community-first philosophy, and that won’t change with the transition to the Foundation. When researchers and developers open-source their code, others around the world can share their work, learn from each other’s advances and then contribute back to the AI community.

According to Zuckerberg, Meta will continue to invest in PyTorch and use it as the primary framework for its AI research and production. The transition itself won’t mean any changes to PyTorch’s code, core project or developer operating models.

The framework’s contributors will benefit from the governance, diverse leadership and additional investments provided by the new PyTorch Foundation partners.

"The Foundation will strive to adhere to four principles: remaining open, maintaining neutral branding, staying fair and forging a strong technical identity. One of its main priorities will be to keep a clear separation between the business and technical governance of PyTorch," Meta said.