Meet the American techies who don’t care where ‘good enough’ AI models come from, even China

American tech professionals are increasingly adopting Chinese AI models like Moonshot's Kimi K3 and Z.ai's GLM-5.2 due to their affordability and efficiency. U.S. companies such as Coinbase are switching to these models to reduce costs, despite frustrations from U.S. tech giants and political concerns over potential intellectual property violations.