Chinese fintech giant Ant Group reduces AI training costs by 20% without NVIDIA chips
Ant Group, backed by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, has announced a significant technological breakthrough in artificial intelligence. The company achieved a 20% reduction in AI model training costs using exclusively Chinese chips from Alibaba and Huawei, which could challenge NVIDIA’s market monopoly.
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Chinese fintech giant Ant Group demonstrates an important breakthrough in AI technology, achieving significant cost reduction in AI model training using exclusively Chinese chips. According to TechCrunch, the company managed to cut costs by 20% using chips manufactured by Alibaba and Huawei.
Notably, during testing, Chinese chips demonstrated performance comparable to NVIDIA solutions. This breakthrough came shortly after another Chinese company, DeepSeek, caused a temporary drop in NVIDIA’s stock price following announcements about significantly reducing chip requirements for their models.
Ant Group’s success gains particular significance in the context of American restrictions on exporting advanced chips to China. Despite these limitations, Chinese buyers continue to show significant interest in NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell series chips, seeking ways to acquire them while bypassing export controls.
Ant Group’s achievements could pose a serious challenge to NVIDIA’s current dominance in the AI chip market. Particularly significant is the fact that Chinese manufacturers were able to achieve similar performance levels while relying on their own technological solutions and infrastructure.
At the time of publication, neither Ant Group nor NVIDIA have provided official comments on this situation. However, the Chinese company’s success already demonstrates the growing potential of China’s technology sector in developing competitive solutions for AI infrastructure.
Ant Group’s breakthrough in developing efficient solutions for AI model training demonstrates the growing potential of Chinese technology companies. This could lead to significant changes in the global AI technology market and influence the future development of the industry.
