The $4.6 Million Wake-Up Call

When a Chinese Startup Embarrassed Silicon Valley

I’ve been writing code since I was nine years old. I’ve seen trends come and go. I’ve watched “revolutionary” technologies turn out to be rebranded snake oil. But what happened last week is different. It’s not hype. It’s not another AI announcement. It’s a fundamental shift in who gets to play the game.

A Chinese startup called Moonshot AI just trained a…