PyTorch recaps Ascend Beijing meetup: Chinese open-weight models hit 45% of OpenRouter traffic
PyTorch · x · 2026-11-12
PyTorch's official account recaps the Nov 7 Ascend for PyTorch Meetup in Beijing, bringing maintainers from PyTorch core, TorchNPU, vLLM, MiniCPM/OpenBMB, LLaMA-Factory and FlagOS together with 100+ developers, with 30+ community tasks opened on site. Key data: 250+ Chinese organizations contribute to Foundation projects; Chinese developers rank among leading vLLM contributors; Chinese open-weight models grew from 2% to 45% of OpenRouter token traffic between late 2024 and April 2026. The foundation also credits Huawei for growing the ecosystem and stresses a vendor-neutral 'any model, any chip, any cloud, any agent' path.
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