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Garry Tan

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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too

Garry Tan of Y Combinator advocates for U.S.-based open-weight AI labs to distill frontier models developed by American frontier AI labs — aiming to build a domestically controlled, non-Chinese open-weight AI ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

Sep 12, 2026

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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan downplayed concerns about AI model distillation — where smaller models replicate capabilities of larger ones — during Demo Day, framing it as non-existential and not requiring urgent intervention.

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CNBC Technology

Sep 11, 2026

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