Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, and others back open-weight AI
24 tech giants—from Meta to Mistral—just united on one thing: stopping US regulators from killing open-weight AI.
Why it matters
A rare coalition of competitors is publicly lobbying US policymakers to protect open-source AI models from restrictive regulation. This signals an industry-wide fear that incoming policy could fragment the AI landscape and give closed-model incumbents regulatory advantage.
The key facts
5 to knowTwo dozen companies and organizations signed open letter
Signatories include Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Dell Technologies, CrowdStrike, Palantir, ServiceNow, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Mistral
Letter urges US policymakers to protect open-weight AI models
Published July 24, 2026
Spans direct commercial rivals with divergent business models
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Publisher excerpt: Two dozen companies and organisations signed an open letter urging US policymakers to protect open-weight AI models. The letter, published today (PDF), carries signatures from a list that spans direct commercial rivals and organisations with little obvious overlap in business model: Meta,…