# API Economy
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China’s AI Champion Pivots: Zhipu AI Bids to Become the ‘Chinese Anthropic’
Zhipu AI has reached a 400 billion HKD valuation by shifting its strategy to mirror Anthropic's enterprise-focused API model. Despite significant losses and high R&D spending, the company is betting that premium performance will allow it to escape China's AI price wars.
Software’s Great Consumption: How Meitu is Navigating the Existential Threat of AI Agents
Meitu, China's leading photo-editing giant, is pivoting its strategy as AI agents threaten to make traditional apps obsolete. By opening its proprietary imaging tools to the broader AI ecosystem and shifting to an API-led 'Token' revenue model, the company seeks to become an essential 'skill' within the new AI infrastructure rather than a standalone destination.
Alibaba’s Qwen 3.6 Plus Shatters Records with Trillion-Call Milestone, Reshaping the Global AI Landscape
Alibaba’s Qwen 3.6 Plus has become the world's most utilized AI model, recording over one trillion calls in a single day. This milestone marks a shift from model experimentation to massive, industrial-scale implementation within the global AI ecosystem.
The Intelligence Multiplier: Zhipu AI Bets on the Token Economy as the Ultimate Business Model
Zhipu AI CEO Zhang Peng has defined the 'token economy' as the future of AI, reporting a 60-fold surge in recurring revenue. The company is pivoting toward an API-first strategy and the development of an 'LLM-OS' to dominate the next generation of intelligent computing platforms.