Jensen Huang: China now likely produces the vast majority of the world's open source contributions
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-11-15
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang argues that "probably the vast majority of the world's contribution to open source today is coming from China," citing its sheer volume of engineering and math/science talent as a US disadvantage.
He points to Linux and Kubernetes as examples: "A lot of it has been touched by Chinese. Once you download it, it's yours." The same applies to Chinese AI models — once downloaded, they belong to whoever uses them.
His core thesis: the race isn't about who invents the technology but "who exploits it best" — just as the last industrial revolution came from Europe, yet the US exploited it better than anyone.
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