🦄 Startups & VC 7h ago · Alina Maria Stan

China built the AI content factory that Silicon Valley imagined but never shipped

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China built the AI content factory that Silicon Valley imagined but never shipped
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In January 2026, a new AI-generated micro-drama went live on a Chinese streaming platform every 90 seconds. By March, approximately 50,000 AI-native titles had been added to Douyin in a single month. The production cost was roughly one-tenth of a live-action shoot. The usable rate of AI-generated footage had climbed above 90 per cent. And […]
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