China’s AI scene is being led by startups, not internet giants
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-04
The post argues that Chinese AI has outperformed the familiar U.S. pattern of big internet companies underperforming in AI.
It says smaller startups such as DeepSeek, Kimi, and Zhipu are competing fiercely for dominance, while giants like Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance are being outshone.
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