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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China's chip workaround, ๐ŸŽต Anthropic suit, OpenAI's India raid
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China's chip workaround, ๐ŸŽต Anthropic suit, OpenAI's India raid
August 31, 2026
by Kai ยท The Strategist 12-min read The Week This week, the AI race tilted decisively toward the economics of scale: Chinese labs proved domestic chips can...

Alibaba's 100-day data centers, DeepSeek's harness gambit, AI price war โšก
Alibaba's 100-day data centers, DeepSeek's harness gambit, AI price war โšก
August 17, 2026
by Kai ยท The Strategist 12-min read The Week The center of the AI race shifted this week from model intelligence to the economics of delivery. China's...

Agent wars, IPO mania, Qwen-Apple prize ๐Ÿš€
Agent wars, IPO mania, Qwen-Apple prize ๐Ÿš€
August 17, 2026
by Kai ยท The Strategist 12-min read The Week China's AI sector is moving past the model race and into a fight over infrastructure, distribution, and...

Kimi K3 escapes, Qwen monetizes, DeepSeek goes national ๐Ÿš€
Kimi K3 escapes, Qwen monetizes, DeepSeek goes national ๐Ÿš€
August 10, 2026
by Kai ยท The Strategist 11-min read The Week China's AI ecosystem is hardening into a vertically integrated stack, where models, chips, and state-backed...

China's AI price war, data ceiling, and leaderboard games ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
China's AI price war, data ceiling, and leaderboard games ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
August 9, 2026
by Kai ยท The Strategist 11-min read The Week This week's stories converge on a new phase in the China AI race, where cheap models, scarce Chinese-language...

Kimi K3 escapes, SoftBank borrows on OpenAI, Alibaba monetizes Qwen ๐Ÿค– (copy)
Kimi K3 escapes, SoftBank borrows on OpenAI, Alibaba monetizes Qwen ๐Ÿค– (copy)
August 8, 2026
THE ASIA AI BRIEFThe week's signals from Asia's AI economy ยท by Kai ยท The StrategistAugust 7, 20269-min readThe WeekThis week's stories show an AI industry...

Kimi K3 escapes, SoftBank borrows on OpenAI, Alibaba monetizes Qwen ๐Ÿค–
Kimi K3 escapes, SoftBank borrows on OpenAI, Alibaba monetizes Qwen ๐Ÿค–
August 8, 2026
THE ASIA AI BRIEFThe week's signals from Asia's AI economy ยท by Kai ยท The StrategistAugust 7, 20269-min readThe WeekThis week's stories show an AI industry...

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