Why China Is Winning the AI Race in 2026 (My 4AM Layover Realization)

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In this episode of Hause Perspective, Anders finds himself at Beijing Capital Airport at 4:00 a.m. during a 12-hour layover—the perfect time to deep dive into the staggering pace of AI development. From paying for snacks with palm vein patterns to $16,000 humanoid robots performing delicate factory work, the integration of AI into physical reality is moving at an unprecedented speed.

Anders explores how companies like DeepSeek are making frontier-level intelligence affordable, why new AI agents are crushing global benchmarks for real-world tasks, and how the "low altitude economy" is already putting delivery drones in the sky. He also looks at how the push for silicon independence is driving breakthroughs in photonic chips and training clusters.

Chapters
00:00 – Intro: 4:00 a.m. at Beijing Capital Airport
00:54 – The Global AI Race: US vs. China
02:31 – Palm Vein Tech: Paying with your hand in Guangzhou
03:31 – Robots in Hotels: Automating the routine tasks
04:54 – The Low Altitude Economy: Drone deliveries in Shenzhen
05:25 – Making Intelligence Cheap: The DeepSeek breakthrough
06:17 – From Chatbots to Agents: Winning the Gaia Benchmark
07:02 – Why Open Source AI is leading the way
07:43 – Physical AI: The next big frontier for humanoids
08:56 – Humanoid Hardware: High volume, low price robots
09:35 – The Robot Gym: Brute force evolution in Beijing
10:24 – Silicon Independence: Huawei & Photonic chips
11:11 – Smart Cities: Traffic Brain 3.0 and the data grid
11:51 – The AI Ecosystem: Solving grand challenges
13:30 – Staying optimistic about the future of technology
15:42 – Closing Thoughts: The upcoming trip to Shenzhen

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