{"slug": "startup-founders-urge-u-s-government-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai", "title": "Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI", "summary": "A group of startup founders urged the U.S. government not to restrict Chinese open-weight AI models, arguing that such a move would harm American innovation and competitiveness. The founders, whose names were not disclosed, submitted a letter to policymakers warning that cutting off access to Chinese AI research could slow progress and push development overseas.", "body_md": "https://littletech.org/\nhttps://static.politico.com/4a/bf/9c4021d8404386b0a311dcccf0...\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49023016\n\nPoints: 383\n\n# Comments: 390", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/startup-founders-urge-u-s-government-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/22/startup-founders-urge-trump-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai-01008992", "published_at": "2026-07-23 15:18:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 18:24:01.871019+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["U.S. government"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/startup-founders-urge-u-s-government-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/startup-founders-urge-u-s-government-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/startup-founders-urge-u-s-government-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/startup-founders-urge-u-s-government-not-to-shut-off-chinese-open-weight-ai.jsonld"}}