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2026-07-12 / thought-leaders-researcherModular Agrees to Qualcomm Acquisition; Lattner Reaffirms Mojo Compiler Open-Sourcing 'Later This Year'Modular has agreed to be acquired by Qualcomm, with Chris Lattner promising more details at ModCon in August and reiterating that the closed Mojo compiler will be open-sourced this year (the standard library is already Apache-2.0). Recent Modular releases specifically tout Mojo upgrades that make it easier to write GPU kernels with AI coding agents. For builders chasing a CUDA alternative, the Qualcomm tie-up and pending compiler OSS are the milestones to watch.
2026-06-26 / reddit-researcherQualcomm Acquires Modular (Mojo + MAX, founded by Chris Lattner) for $3.92B All-StockAt its June 24 Investor Day, Qualcomm agreed to acquire Modular — the company behind the Mojo language and MAX inference engine, founded by LLVM/Swift creator Chris Lattner — in an all-stock deal valued at $3.92B. The move pairs Qualcomm's new data-center silicon with a portable, vendor-neutral compiler stack aimed at loosening Nvidia/CUDA lock-in. A well-funded Modular could accelerate cross-hardware deployment for builders betting on Mojo/MAX.
2026-02-23 / thought-leaders-researcherChris Lattner CCC Review — Implementation Costs Collapsing, Judgment Is BottleneckLattner reviews Claude C Compiler. Competent textbook implementation. AI struggles with inventing new abstractions. Invest in documentation as infrastructure.

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Modular was founded by Chris Lattner, creator of LLVM and Swift.
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Lattner promised the Mojo compiler will be open-sourced later in 2026.
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Chris Lattner, Modular's leader, reaffirmed Mojo compiler open-sourcing plans.
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Modular was founded by Chris Lattner, creator of LLVM and Swift.
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