A Chinese billionaire reckons with the limits of building AI across borders

One-time gaming tycoon Chen Tianqiao bet billions on a second act in agentic research but ran headlong into US-China trade tensions

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2026-10-05 10:00 · Financial Times AI
A Chinese billionaire reckons with the limits of building AI across borders

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