As ByteDance spends billions on AI, which Chinese chip start-ups stand to gain?

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ByteDance is accelerating its adoption of domestic Chinese AI chips as it moves away from reliance on Nvidia amid regulatory challenges. Several smaller Chinese chip start-ups may benefit if they can scale production to meet ByteDance's demands.

As Chinese technology giant ByteDance accelerates its shift towards domestic chips for artificial intelligence workloads, a few smaller domestic suppliers stand to benefit – if they can deliver at scale amid a void left by Nvidia due to regulatory hurdles. The Beijing-based owner of TikTok is considering turning to a handful of so-called tier-two chipmakers in China – smaller rivals to Huawei Technologies and Cambricon Technologies – for its cloud infrastructure, according to sources and...