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China's AI Cost Wedge Arrives Before Enterprise Contracts Close

The convergence of Chinese model performance with US frontier capability — at substantially lower inference cost and increasingly via open-source distribution — is reshaping enterprise vendor selection dynamics ahead of the critical 2026–2027 platform contract cycle.

2 signals tracked

  1. Kimi K3 open-source release threatens US closed-model pricing rationale

  2. Research dominance, mature-node pivot, and robotics in allied infrastructure expose controls failure