AI Databricks co-founder argues US must go open source to beat China in AI Published 2 months ago on November 15, 2025 By Techcrunch [ad_1] Andy Konwinski is concerned that the U.S. is losing its dominance in AI research to China, calling the shift an “existential” threat to democracy. Konwinski is a Databricks co-founder and the co-founder of the AI research and venture capital firm Laude. [ad_2] Source link Related Topics:AI researchAndy KonwinskichinaLaude Institutelaude ventures Up Next How to watch ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ for free on Apple TV Don't Miss iPhone 17 launch led to a 22% boost in iPhone sales in China Continue Reading You may like Gemini 3 refused to believe it was 2025, and hilarity ensued Laude Institute announces first batch of ‘Slingshots’ AI grants China is rolling back rare earth mineral restrictions, White House says AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams Tensormesh raises $4.5M to squeeze more inference out of AI server loads Why Cohere’s ex-AI research lead is betting against the scaling race