Open Assistant is an open-source project that aims to provide conversational AI for everyone. With the belief that collaboration and sharing can benefit humanity, Open Assistant offers amazing conversational AI technology that can revolutionize the way we communicate. The project is in its early stages of development and is organized by LAION and individuals worldwide. The code and models are licensed under Apache 2.0, and the training data will also be released under CC BY 4.0. Open Assistant will be free to use and modify, and there will be versions of the models that can run on consumer hardware.