Atlassian does not use Chinese AI models in production, its CEO says
Atlassian does not run any Chinese AI models in its products, chief executive Mike Cannon-Brookes said in an interview with 20VC, the podcast hosted by investor Harry Stebbings.
The episode came out on Monday and was recorded in Amsterdam, where Atlassian held its Team ’26 Europe conference last week.
Stebbings raised the issue, saying SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin had told him big companies do not want Chinese open models. Mike Cannon-Brookes said that may change, but that Atlassian follows its customers.
“There is certainly some customer pushback in some places to, quote unquote, Chinese models. There is not customer pushback to open models,” he said.
Instead, Atlassian uses Nvidia’s Nemotron models through what he called a deep partnership with the chipmaker, as well as models from Mistral and others. Its job is to pick the best model for each task as cheaply as possible for customers, he added.
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