{"slug": "ask-hn-why-is-there-no-us-open-weights-models", "title": "Ask HN: Why is there no US open weights models?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asks why no US company has released open-weight AI models, noting that Chinese labs and Europe's Mistral are more dedicated to open weights than US labs like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, which have released some but not leading the effort.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: Why is there no US open weights models?\n2 points\nby\nshadag\n12 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\n2 comments\nReflection seems to be working on some, but they haven't released anything major.\nhelp\nrvz\n9 minutes ago\n[–]\nOpenAI, Google (Deepmind) and Microsoft have released open weight models.\nJust don't ask why Anthropic never released any. Not even one.\nreply\nshadag\n4 minutes ago\n|\nparent\n[–]\nSure, Gemma 4 is good, but the Chinese are leading the way. Why? What is it about their incentives that led to this strategic decision? Even Mistral in Europe is more dedicated to open weights than any US lab.\nreply\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-why-is-there-no-us-open-weights-models", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48552541", "published_at": "2026-06-16 09:05:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 09:19:06.549615+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "ai-research", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Google", "DeepMind", "Microsoft", "Anthropic", "Mistral", "Gemma 4"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-why-is-there-no-us-open-weights-models", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-why-is-there-no-us-open-weights-models.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-why-is-there-no-us-open-weights-models.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-why-is-there-no-us-open-weights-models.jsonld"}}