Chinese AI models now process over 18 trillion tokens weekly on OpenRouter versus 5.5 trillion for US models, marking a dramatic reversal from 2025's

Chinese open-source AI models from DeepSeek and Alibaba's Qwen are matching US frontier capabilities at lower cost, capturing 30% of global AI model usage.

Chinese AI models now process over 18 trillion tokens weekly on OpenRouter versus 5.5 trillion for US models, marking a dramatic reversal from 2025's

UBS and JPMorgan reports show Chinese AI models cost up to 50x less per token than US rivals, driving 60% of companies to migrate workloads to cheaper

Meituan's LongCat-2.0-Preview, disguised as Owl Alpha on OpenRouter, processes 10.1T monthly tokens and ranks first globally, all without NVIDIA chips.