Everyone knows the Silicon Valley… But do you know Hangzhou?

➡️ This Chinese city is rapidly becoming Asia’s most ambitious tech hub… and now making Washington nervous.

It’s the birthplace of DeepSeek, a GenAI startup launched in 2023, and already considered the Chinese equivalent of OpenAI — in less than 18 months.
💥 Their models are cheaper, lighter in compute, and now widely adopted across China’s tech ecosystem.
A true disruption.
And a direct challenge to US dominance in the AI race.

📍 Hangzhou in a few numbers:
- 13 million people, just 40 minutes from Shanghai by train
- Historic home of Alibaba
- A booming tech ecosystem:
🧠 28% of the city’s GDP comes from tech
🐉 6 AI unicorns within a 20km radius
🎯 Pro-business public policies to attract talent and capital

👉 None of this is accidental.
Xi Jinping, then governor of Zhejiang province (where Hangzhou is located), promised to turn it into a “paradise for high technology.”
He delivered.

💡 Today, Hangzhou symbolizes China’s bold move to reclaim global tech leadership — even under tight political control.
This success is driven by:
- A private-led innovation model, contradicting the myth of state-run tech
- A powerful Alibaba alumni network, now embedded everywhere
- A top-tier university offering AI education… since 1978!

🔮 This is not catch-up.
This is an offensive.
A full-blown Sputnik moment 🛰️ for Chinese AI — and the US is watching closely.
🎯 Still think all innovation comes out of Silicon Valley?
Might be time to redraw your maps.

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