Meet Yang Zhilin, the CEO and founder behind China's buzzy new Kimi K3 AI model
THE SO WHAT
Kimi K3’s rise puts another well-funded, technically credible Chinese foundation model player on the global map—this is now a multi-polar model market, not just US vs one or two Chinese incumbents. If you operate in Asia or build on third-party models, start treating Chinese LLMs as first-class options in your vendor and partnership strategy.
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