---
title: "“We don’t have the stack”: Is Australia leaving its AI security in foreign hands?"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2026-10-29"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/we-dont-have-the-stack-is-australia-leaving-its-ai-security-in-foreign-hands/"
show: "Markets and Machines"
video: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk_fu6N-zas"
topics: "Artificial intelligence, Productivity and innovation"
---

# “We don’t have the stack”: Is Australia leaving its AI security in foreign hands?

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Dave Lemphers of Maincode on why Australia needs its own AI capability, and the national security risk of relying on foreign models.