China’s Huawei joins US giants OpenAI, Google in AI standards alliance

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Vincent ChowFebruary 26, 2026 at 03:31 AM

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Huawei, a Chinese tech company, has joined the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), an organization dedicated to establishing open-source standards for agentic artificial intelligence. The AAIF, launched in December by the Linux Foundation, includes founding members such as OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft. Huawei and Lenovo are the first Chinese companies to join the alliance, which primarily consists of European and North American organizations. This collaboration signifies a rare instance of cooperation between a US-sanctioned Chinese company and its US counterparts in the AI sector, despite ongoing geopolitical and technological competition between the two nations. The AAIF aims to promote open and accessible AI development through open-source governance and technological advancement.

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Europe 40% Microsoft 40% Anthropic 40% Beijing 50% Linux Foundation 50% Lenovo 60% Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) ×270% China ×370% United States ×370% Google ×280% OpenAI ×280% Huawei Technologies ×390%

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