Big Tech Capital and Compute Accelerate AI Expansion
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-07-20
The core argument of this post is that in the US and China, an underestimated driver of AI development is the role of **large non-AI tech companies** acting as investors and partners. They provide billions of dollars in funding and technical resources, significantly accelerating the expansion of AI firms. The author suggests this "resource + capital" combo might be more beneficial for competition than traditional antitrust narratives. Using Alibaba as an example, the post notes it is a major investor in Moonshot. Consequently, Kimi uses a substantial portion of Alibaba Cloud's GPU resources and might even compete for compute with the Tongyi team. Alibaba previously forecasted over 40% revenue growth for Alibaba Cloud in its earnings preview—which didn't even account for the new shifts following K3—leading the author to predict a very strong quarter for Alibaba Cloud.
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