Woofun AI reports that the Little Tech Association, alongside Y Combinator and 179 other entities, submitted a letter to the Trump administration opposing a total prohibition on Chinese open-weight AI models. The correspondence specifically cites Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max, noting that these models allow local deployment without data sharing with manufacturers.

Signatories argue that a ban would not stop overseas spread but would raise costs for U.S. firms already using these models commercially. Particle founder Suhail Doshi warned that such restrictions could endanger hundreds of companies while benefiting closed-source providers like Anthropic. The White House is currently investigating potential model distillation by Chinese firms, though no formal ban or Commerce Department entity list has been drafted.