Cloud Providers Could Sell Chinese Open-Source Models
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-07-18
A commentator suggests that US cloud providers could build a lucrative business by offering services around Chinese open-source models to US companies, which might actually be a better outcome for investors. They also noted that if the market truly shifts in this direction, the industry's impulse to "blindly keep scaling compute at all costs" might weaken.
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