China’s AI developers deepen push into massive foundation models, backed by lower costs and investor momentum despite US restrictions.

While Silicon Valley bets billions on frontier models and AGI, China is industrializing AI from the ground up.

The unusual precondition underscores how the contest among Chinese tech giants to build advanced AI has tipped into open competition for engineers.

China’s AI developers deepen push into massive foundation models, backed by lower costs and investor momentum despite US restrictions.