Delphi Ventures' Tommy Shaughnessy stated that OpenAI and Anthropic are pursuing regulatory advantages to counter the rising competitiveness of Chinese open-source AI models. He noted that these models have improved significantly and now offer approximately 90% of the intelligence of leading proprietary systems at one-tenth of the cost. The comments highlight growing concerns within the U.S. AI sector about price-performance competition from open-source alternatives. Shaughnessy suggests that established AI firms view regulation as a strategic tool to maintain market positioning against lower-cost, high-capability models emerging from China.