Chinese AI models threaten US industry by being up to 90% cheaper — and they're driving Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic out of the open market
THE SO WHAT
If Chinese models are coming in up to 90% cheaper, foundation models are on a path toward commodity pricing in many markets. For US-based teams, differentiation has to move to data, workflow integration, and compliance posture — not raw tokens per dollar.
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