179 U.S. Startups Oppose Ban on Kimi and Qwen

The Little Tech Association, along with 178 other signatories including Y Combinator, has sent a letter to the Trump administration opposing a complete ban on Chinese open-weight models, specifically mentioning Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max. Open-weight models can be deployed and modified locally without the need to hand over data to model vendors. The signatories stated that many U.S. startups have already incorporated Chinese open models into their formal operations, and a total ban would only increase costs for American businesses without preventing these models from spreading overseas. Suhail Doshi, founder of Particle, warned that the ban could put hundreds of companies relying on open models at risk, while closed-source model vendors like Anthropic would benefit. Currently, the Trump administration has not proposed a formal ban, and the White House is investigating whether Chinese models have replicated U.S. models through distillation, but there has been no serious internal discussion about a total shutdown, and the Department of Commerce has not drafted a list of entities.

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