Overseas developers turn to Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek to reduce inference costs

According to Bloomberg, due to the rising cost of using AI, overseas startups and developers have begun to adopt Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI. According to Vercel data, DeepSeek's AI traffic on the platform has increased from less than 1% in May this year to 17%. OpenRouter states that DeepSeek usage will double in the first half of 2026, making it the most popular model on the platform. Xiaomi MiniMax、 The proportion of token usage for Chinese open source models such as Tencent continues to rise, while the shares of Google and OpenAI have declined.