China’s AI companies launched two new alliances to build a homegrown tech ecosystem. The goal: cut reliance on foreign tech amid US export limits on Nvidia’s high-end chips.
The alliances aim to boost domestic AI chips, software, and applications. This comes as Beijing faces tight US trade controls targeting AI hardware critical for advanced models.
China wants to sidestep these restrictions and accelerate self-sufficiency in AI. The moves follow growing concerns about the impact of US sanctions on China’s tech ambitions. 
No details yet on which firms lead the new alliances or their exact strategies. But industry watchers see this as a clear signal of Beijing doubling down on AI tech independence.
The development ramps up ongoing tech tensions between the US and China while showing how big the AI chip race has become globally.
