Comment by skeledrew

> there's a double standard for american vs chinese AI companies

Not really, in a way. Things just cost far more in the US than in China; has pretty much always been the case, far back as I can recall. The Chinese state heavily invests in anything it wants to succeed at, and it has the resources to throw. Cost of living is generally wildly lower in China, along with salaries (although it's also pretty location- and role-dependent).

Overall I'd say labs are far cheaper to run in China than in the US, in more than just from the finances angle.