Atlassian does not use Chinese AI models in production, its CEO says

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Stebbings raised the issue, saying SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin had told him big companies do not want Chinese open models. 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. Atlassian is a software company based in Sydney.

The episode came out on Monday and was recorded in Amsterdam, where Atlassian held its Team ’26 Europe conference last week. Insider Atlassian does not use Chinese AI models in production, its CEO says Mike Cannon-Brookes said some customers push back on Chinese models, while Atlassian relies on open models from Nvidia and Mistral.

October 13, 2026 - 9:12 am 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. 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. Even so, he argued that the line is harder to draw than it looks.