Crypto Briefing says the model also undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 on pricing, reinforcing a narrative of growing Chinese tech self-reliance and shifting AI competition.
Meituan has open-sourced LongCat-2.0, described as a 1.6 trillion-parameter coding model trained entirely on Chinese chips. Crypto Briefing says the release undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5 on pricing, adding a commercial challenge to the earlier framing around U.S. chip export controls. The development is presented as a sign of growing Chinese technology independence that could reshape global AI competition and market dynamics.