Hugging Face CEO: China is Winning the AI Race with Open Models and Supply Chain

Miriel_z · reddit · 2026-08-05

Hugging Face's CEO stated that China is winning the AI race and dominating the open models landscape.

Reddit users expanded on this, pointing out that China has built an independent supply chain spanning raw materials, domestic lithography, GPU manufacturing, and AI model training. With access to cheap energy and advancements in thermonuclear reactors, users noted a similar pattern previously seen in robotics and EVs, questioning if the US has what it takes to turn the tables.

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