Open Models, Strategic Dependencies: Why AI Sovereignty Is Becoming a Supply Chain Issue

The next major supply-chain dependency may not involve semiconductors, critical minerals, transportation capacity, or industrial components. It may be embedded inside the artificial intelligence models companies use to build their next generation of operational systems.Open AI models are becoming foundational components of enterprise technology architectures. Companies can download them, customize them, fine-tune them with proprietary information, and deploy them privately. This can lower costs,