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O'Driscoll: Hugging Face defended against OpenAI probe using Chinese models
“The Chinese open source, open rate models were available, and I think they use Kimi or Kuan or one of the newest models to help them figure out what happened, right? So they were able to defend themselves using an open source model, and then they do this blog …”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 9:28 Jensen's Open-Weights Letter | Google Cloud Grows 82% But The Market Tanks
Opinion
Atallah: GLM 5.2 Was a Major Step for Open-Weight Models
“GLM 5.2 was a really big, big step for open weight models. Kimmy was kind of like moonshot getting up to that step. That's a little bit how I see it.”
Alex Atallah Aug 9, 2026 ▶ 37:01 OpenRouter CEO: Why Chinese Open Models Are Beating the US | Why Enterprises Fear OpenAI & Anthropic
Opinion
Atallah: Moonshot's Kimi Lags Frontier Models in Cyber and Long-Horizon Tasks
“It's not cyber capable in the way, the same way the frontier models are and long range, long horizon tasks. I think it's still a bit behind the frontier models, but.”
Alex Atallah Aug 9, 2026 ▶ 36:43 OpenRouter CEO: Why Chinese Open Models Are Beating the US | Why Enterprises Fear OpenAI & Anthropic
Disclosure
Stebbings: Offered $5M SPV allocation in Chinese AI startup Kimi
“I was offered Kimmy today, by the way, Rory at 20 Berlin. This was the, it fell into my inbox. I have an SPV for you. Do Kimmy at 20 Berlin. We're oversubscribed, but we'll make room for five million for Harry.”
Harry Stebbings Jul 23, 2026 ▶ 18:23 Should the US Ban Chinese Open-Source Models | OpenRouter's Chance To Sell | Stripe Buying PayPal
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