Investor mocks "SOTA for American open weight models" claim: still losing to China

nathanbenaich · x · 2026-11-05

Nathan Benaich, founder of Air Street Capital, mocked AI lab claims of being "SOTA for American open weight models," arguing that once you create such sub-categories of SOTA, "it's not looking good." He noted the framing is odd energy when the model still underperforms Chinese open-weight counterparts.

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