# The Knives Are Out for Open Source AI

URL: /show/the-launch/76/
> China’s open-source AI models are catching up fast, rattling American labs, threatening their business models, and triggering a growing push to regulate or outright block the competition.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 76
- Date: 2026-07-22
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:50:11
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6392026243413722389b618d32-d83d-423e-b2a8-4004a2ee1f54.mp3


Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/9b618d32-d83d-423e-b2a8-4004a2ee1f54639202624493808536.vtt) [text/html](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/transcript_9b618d32-d83d-423e-b2a8-4004a2ee1f54639202624508331666.html) [application/x-subrip](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/9b618d32-d83d-423e-b2a8-4004a2ee1f54639202624501203913.srt)




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