Major US firms such as Meta, Airbnb, and Perplexity are reportedly using Chinese AI models.

Martin Casado, a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, stated in November 2025 that there is an 80% chance US startups are using Chinese open-source models.

Some third-party data suggests Chinese models like Kimmy are becoming the most used models globally, though DeepSeek only cracked half a percent adoption in US enterprise.

Leading LLMs in China are approximately six months behind US models in capability but are 10 times cheaper.