# In Face of US Crackdown, Microsoft, Nvidia CEOs Back Open-Weight AI Models

> Source: <https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/166349/in-face-of-us-crackdown-microsoft-nvidia-ceos-back-open-weight-ai-models>
> Published: 2026-07-24 16:12:25+00:00

After a Trump official [accused](https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/166306/white-house-chinas-kimi-k3-ai-model-cheated-by-cloning-us-tech) Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 of cloning US tech, the CEOs of Microsoft and Nvidia are subtly nudging the White House to refrain from banning open-weight AI models from Chinese companies.

On Friday, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang tweeted a public …