Chinese open-weight AI models gain users but lose revenue to third parties
China's six leading AI developers collectively generate roughly 10% as much revenue as OpenAI and Anthropic combined, despite their models dominating global usage rankings. The gap reveals a structural problem: open-weight releases are winning users while surrendering the income that follows.
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