Even in China most companies are licensing their RISC-V core. From Andes. From Alibaba's T-Head division. From StarFive (SiFive licensee). Those companies are a

Even in China most companies are licensing their RISC-V core. From Andes. From Alibaba's T-Head division. From StarFive (SiFive licensee). Those companies are all innovating in various directions. Most companies license a RISC-V core just as they would an ARM core. The difference is there is price and feature competition between different core creators.