Jensen Huang: America Needs Open Source to Win AI... Because Open Source Lets Every American Win
Jensen Huang argues America must embrace open source models—including Chinese ones—to win the AI race.
“If we want to win the AI race, it's not about a few tech companies winning that race. This is about every company in America, every industry, every researcher, every teacher, every student, every startup. Everyone wins.”— Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly champions open source AI models as America's competitive advantage, noting 80% of AI startups that received $400B in VC over six months rely on open models. He argues that even China-origin open models become American assets once forked and improved, framing open source as the path to broad-based AI wins rather than dominance by a few labs.