Open Source, Locked Exit

A single-panel cartoon set in the pristine lobby of a futuristic AI company. In the foreground, smiling executives in branded suits ceremonially cut a ribbon beneath a glowing slogan wall that reads OPEN FOR HUMANITY. They pose for cameras beside a sleek demo kiosk labeled OPEN SOURCE. But the ribbon they are cutting is actually attached to a waist-high barrier guiding employees out of the building. In the background, a line of recently fired workers carrying cardboard boxes shuffles through a turnstile stamped ACCESS REVOKED, while a security scanner flashes red. The back wall is split visually: one half covered in inspirational phrases about democratizing intelligence, the other packed with framed patents, NDAs, legal threat notices, and restricted-access signs. A few of the applauding staff realize too late that their own ID badges no longer work.