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Updated · Nikkei Asia · Jul 13Indian Companies Adopt 3 Chinese LLM Providers to Cut AI Costs
3 articles · Updated · Nikkei Asia · Jul 13Summary
- Indian companies are increasingly turning to Chinese large language models from DeepSeek, Alibaba and Moonshot AI to lower AI spending.
- Cost control is driving the shift, with Chinese models offering a cheaper path to deploy advanced AI tools.
- The move extends India’s dependence on China for frontier technology even as the two neighbors have a long history of political and border standoffs.
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