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title: Is America paying for China’s AI?
description: US tech giants are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to develop the most advanced AI models. Meanwhile, Chinese companies are developing models with similar capabilities at a fraction of the cost, often making them freely available to download. Some analysts see this as a form of subsidy, but the economics behind it are more complex.
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# [Is America paying for China’s AI?](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought/is-america-paying-for-chinas-ai)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/slow-food-for-thought/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Oct 29, 2026, 1:57:27 PM

<https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Focus_261029_AmericaPayingChinaAI.pdf?hsLang=en><https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/Focus-Changing%20investment%20preferences%20from%20boomers%20to%20GenZ-31.08.23.pdf?hsLang=en>

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