Rohan Paul 引用 OpenRouter 数据指出,2025 年大部分周 token 消耗由美国模型驱动,但从 2026 年初开始,中国大语言模型突然成为主要增长引擎。引用推文称这是美国 AI 初创公司今年以来的显著转向。AI 模型市场正从品牌忠诚转向原始效用。
American AI startups are routing far more app traffic to Chinese LLMs.
Through OpenRouter, weekly token consumption was mostly driven by U.S. models through much of 2025. But from early 2026, Chinese models suddenly became the main growth engine.
AI model market is becoming less about brand loyalty and more about raw utility.