Chinese AI
Aug 14, 2026
DeepSeek Launches Open-Source Agent Harness, Raises API Prices
DeepSeek has launched Harness v0.1, an MIT-licensed open-source agent runtime that lets developers swap out every component of an AI agent as a plugin — a direct shot at Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. The release comes alongside the general availability of DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 and a significant API price increase, signaling that DeepSeek's "cheap model" era may be drawing to a close.
Chinese AI
AI Agents
Open Source
Jul 27, 2026
Why Kimi Sent Silicon Valley Into a Panic
Moonshot AI's Kimi model triggered a wave of anxiety across Silicon Valley and Wall Street. We break down what's really driving the alarm around Chinese AI, and what it means for founders and investors navigating an increasingly competitive landscape.
AI
Chinese AI
Startups
Jun 30, 2026
Meituan Open-Sources LongCat-2.0, a 1.6T Coding Model
Meituan has unveiled LongCat-2.0, a 1.6-trillion-parameter MoE model trained entirely on domestic Chinese ASICs that spent two months dominating OpenRouter under a stealth identity. Released under the MIT license with a 1-million-token context window, it outperforms GPT-5.5 on SWE-bench Pro and signals a structural shift in global AI infrastructure.
Agentic AI
AI chips
Chinese AI