NVIDIA backs open models as the next open foundation for AI infrastructure
baseten · x · 2026-07-25
Baseten amplified Jensen Huang’s argument that open models are a continuation of the open foundations that powered decades of U.S. tech leadership.
- The quote likens open models to TCP/IP and Linux as infrastructure nobody can revoke.
- It argues open models are a strategic bet worth repeating.
- Huang’s original letter, signed by NVIDIA, says the world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open models, citing safety, cybersecurity, innovation, diffusion, and sovereignty.
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