Who Is the True Kill Line for Large Models?

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The article explains how leading AI companies are shifting from bigger models to cheaper, more efficient Flash-style models. It highlights recent releases from Google DeepMind, DeepSeek, Zhipu, Alibaba, and Tencent and shows how these models target agent workloads that need low latency and lower cost. It argues that MoE-based efficiency architectures and price cuts are now central to competition in the large model market. The piece also says that compute capacity and data pipelines, not just architecture, will determine which vendors win the next phase.

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