Jensen Huang: 80% of $400B in recent AI startup funding runs on open models
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-15
At the All-In Summit, Jensen Huang said $400 billion of venture funding went into AI-native companies in the past six months, and 80% of them use open models — without them, startups couldn't build their dreams. He added that most of the world's open-source contribution now comes from China, but "once you download it, it's yours" — open models let entire economies compete instead of waiting on a few closed APIs.
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