China's open-source AI strategy is achieving a more important result than just catching up in model performance: US tech leaders and officials are starting to side with the Chinese approach, questioning their own closed-source giants. Kimi K3 has brought this division to the forefront.
David Sacks says some have already shifted significant work from Claude to Kimi, because Kimi is more direct and more willing to complete tasks. Investor Chamath Palihapitiya warns that if US companies pay ten times more for equivalent intelligence, the closed-source model will be uncompetitive long-term. Jack Dorsey…