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Apr 12, 2026 · Industry Insights

How 1/10 Pricing Drives Chinese LLMs to 10× Market Share

The article analyzes how Chinese large language models like GLM‑5.1, Qianwen 3.6‑Plus and Gemma 4 achieve roughly one‑tenth the cost of GPT‑5.4, leading to dramatically higher profit margins, silent migration in Silicon Valley, and a rapid rise in market share backed by a maturing ecosystem.