China’s Moonshot in Talks on Pre-IPO Funds at $50 Billion Value
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A three-year-old Chinese model lab targeting a $50 billion Hong Kong valuation shows how quickly foundation model providers are being treated as national-scale infrastructure, not startups. If you’re building on these ecosystems, assume your counterparties will have sovereign-level backing and timelines — vendor risk is political as much as technical.
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