# Lucas Atkins

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/lucas-atkins/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut one moment of Lucas Atkins (CTO, Arcee AI) talking, from an interview on TBPN published Jan 27, 2026.

- Role: CTO, Arcee AI

## What Lucas Atkins said

- [Open-model labs compete on research talent, not nationality](https://realalpha.app/s/open-model-labs-compete-on-research-talent-not-nationality/)
  TBPN · Jan 27, 2026 · 4 min
  > “I'm not competing against, you know, China or or other countries for, like, open weight, you know, sovereign language models that that people can own and deploy themselves.” — Lucas Atkins · [2:09:45](https://realalpha.app/v/c4kLgSWUfC8/?t=7785)

## The episode

- [🦞 Moltbot / Clawdbot Creator Peter Steinberger, Palmer Luckey, and more](https://realalpha.app/v/c4kLgSWUfC8/) · TBPN · Jan 27, 2026