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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too

Y Combinator president Garry Tan called for smaller American open-weight AI labs to distill frontier models from U.S. frontier AI labs, arguing it would give the United States a more robust set of open-weight options that are not Chinese. The proposal was reported by TechCrunch AI on September 11, 2026.

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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
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Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust set of open-weight options that aren’t Chinese.

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  • •Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S
  • •This story was reported by TechCrunch AI , covering developments in thenews space.
  • •AI advancements continue to reshape industries — read the full article on TechCrunch AI for complete coverage.

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