A Chinese model split Silicon Valley. Now the startups are fighting back.
24-07-2026 17:18 via thenextweb.com

A Chinese model split Silicon Valley. Now the startups are fighting back.

Silicon Valley does not usually gang up on its own. This week it did. Nearly 200 US startups have urged the Trump administration not to block American access to Chinese open-weight AI models. A ban, they warn, would gut the next wave of US companies. The plea, first reported by Politico, came in letters from […]
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