Chinese artificial intelligence companies are increasingly pushing their flagship models overseas, establishing themselves as a key source of 'token exports' in the global AI market. Their high visibility was noted on a popular AI model marketplace, indicating growing global developer usage of their systems.

As Chinese artificial intelligence companies continue to push for the adoption of their flagship models overseas, they have taken on a new role as a key source of so-called “token exports” to the global market. Chinese AI models accounted for four of the top 10 models in terms of token consumption on popular AI model marketplace OpenRouter from March 18 to April 18, highlighting their growing visibility in global developer usage of AI systems. Domestic token demand has been surging at an...