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AI price war intensifies as open-source AI becomes global mainstream
Price competition among AI companies is intensifying as Chinese firms expand global share with cost-effective open-source models and leading U.S. companies respond with price cuts. DeepSeek’s new coding model V4 Flash drew attention for performance close to Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 at a far lower price. Interest is also rising in open-weight models, including for video generation. In South Korea, companies are moving ahead of an August evaluation for a government-led foundation model project.
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K-AI chips put to the test as global AI startups step up push into South Korea
South Korean neural processing unit makers are teaming up with domestic cloud companies to target the AI inference market, testing whether they can secure a foothold beyond Nvidia’s barriers. Samsung SDS launched an NPU-as-a-service offering on its Samsung Cloud Platform based on FuriosaAI’s second-generation chip. Rebellions is also partnering with KT Cloud and Gabia. Foreign AI startups are stepping up moves into Korea, including Genspark and China’s Kling AI.
AI & Enterprise
Meta develops Switchboard AI router targeting OpenRouter
Meta is developing a rival service to OpenRouter within its internal AI products and tools incubator, AAI Labs, The Information reported on July 21 citing internal documents. A July internal memo said AAI Labs has approved about 200 projects spanning consumer products, developer tools and internal infrastructure. One project, the Switchboard AI model router, scores request difficulty to choose models and may be used internally or offered externally.
