Economic Times Tech
6/30/2026
China's Meituan says new AI model trained on domestic chips
Short summary
Meituan has announced LongCat-2.0, a trillion-parameter AI model with capabilities comparable to Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro, trained entirely on domestically manufactured chips. This represents a significant milestone for China's AI independence strategy in response to US chip export restrictions. The development underscores accelerating competition among major economies in advanced AI capabilities and domestic hardware infrastructure.
- •Meituan unveiled LongCat-2.0, a trillion-parameter model comparable to Gemini 3.1 Pro
- •First such model trained entirely on domestic Chinese chips
- •Reflects China's push for AI self-reliance amid US restrictions
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