Yup, very good point. With the publicity generated by OpenAI there's a heavy focus now to fund domestic competitors (see article published on the Information to

Yup, very good point. With the publicity generated by OpenAI there's a heavy focus now to fund domestic competitors (see article published on the Information today, pay-walled -- https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sequoia-and-other-u-s-backed-vcs-are-funding-chinas-answer-to-openai https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sequoia-and-other-u-...). The downstream effects on the application layer is an open question, however.