DoorDash and startups test cheaper Chinese AI models as costs rise
Companies including Cursor, Lindy, Airbnb and Siemens are experimenting with Moonshot, DeepSeek and Alibaba models, as executives weigh lower prices and open-source flexibility against security and data-sovereignty concerns.
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The Fortune article corroborates every named element of the claim: DoorDash (Moonshot), Cursor (Kimi/Moonshot), Lindy (dropping Anthropic for DeepSeek), Airbnb and Siemens experimenting with cheaper Chinese models from Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot, while weighing lower prices and open-source flexibility against security and data-sovereignty concerns. The Financial Times, the primary source underlying the reporting, independently confirms DoorDash, Siemens and Airbnb adopting Chinese AI models from providers such as DeepSeek to cut costs. The two sources are consistent and authoritative.
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