# Startups

Microsoft’s Pivot: Scouting for a ‘Post-OpenAI’ Future

Microsoft is actively scouting AI startups and talent to reduce its reliance on OpenAI and develop its own proprietary frontier models by late 2025. This strategic shift follows a period of regulatory caution, illustrated by the abandoned acquisition of the code-generation startup Cursor.

NeTe2026年5月13日 23:23

#Microsoft#OpenAI#Artificial Intelligence

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The Token Crunch: China’s AI Startups Face a Reckoning as Compute Costs Soar

Chinese cloud giants including Tencent and Alibaba have significantly raised prices for AI computing power, with some models seeing hikes up to 463%. This cost surge is triggering a massive shakeout among AI startups, forcing survivors to adopt extreme efficiency measures and pivot toward vertical industry applications.

NeTe2026年4月16日 16:28

#Artificial Intelligence#Tencent Cloud#Alibaba Cloud