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title: "Blazing hot IPOs, an AI agent craze, and a new word for 'token': Here's what's happening in the world of Chinese AI"
date: 2026-04-12
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description: "China hopes to build a “token economy,” backed by open-source models and real-world AI applications—even as U.S. export controls still hold things back."
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# Blazing hot IPOs, an AI agent craze, and a new word for 'token': Here's what's happening in the world of Chinese AI

China hopes to build a “token economy,” backed by open-source models and real-world AI applications—even as U.S. export controls still hold things back.

*Published: 2026-04-12*