Open-source AI is pulling Dell’s entire portfolio into play
Open-source AI is changing software development, empowering both developers and citizen builders alike in a domain once reserved for professional engineers.
But the influx of agents now spreading across every industry is arriving fast enough to force enterprises into a complete rethink about how they deploy, scale and govern their infrastructure. That shift played out almost overnight, with the personal computer moving from passive display to active AI participant, according to Sam Grocott (pictured, right), senior vice president of product marketing at Dell Technologies Inc.
“For the last few years, [PCs really were] just a window into generative AI tools, LLMs; it was a piece of glass,” he said. “Now it’s like, as of three months ago, all of a sudden it’s an A-player. It is tier one. The ability to move models, do your work locally, more secure, high-performant — frankly, the cost economics is really where we’re seeing the biggest pull.”
Grocott and Dave Morin (left), board member at the OpenClaw Foundation, spoke with theCUBE’s John Furrier and Dave Vellante at Dell Technologies World 2026, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed open-source AI agents, the explosive growth of the OpenClaw community and Dell’s deskside AI strategy. (* Disclosure below.)
