Thunderbolt is an open-source 'AI client' from Mozilla's for-profit arm
(https://i0.wp.com/www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ai-agents-failing-industry.jpg.webp?resize=406%2C232&ssl=1) Thunderbolt is a new open source AI client from the Mozilla-owned MZLA Technologies aimed at enterprises who want to run self-hosted chatbots on their own infrastructure. MZLA Technologies is the for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that develops and maintains the Thunderbird email client. It says Thunderbolt was created with the support of a grant from Mozilla. Terrible name aside (and skipping over the fact that Intel owns a trademark for 'Thunderbolt'), the AI MZLA Technologies used to write their press release describes Thunderbolt as a "sovereign AI client" that lets organisations run and control AI infrastructure. Companies can pick whichever AI model they fancy, be [...]
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Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/mozilla-thunderbolt-ai-client Apr 16, 2026, 08:01 PM