Business Brief (Aug. 3): Chinese AI Models Sweep Top Five in Global API Calls

Published: Aug. 3, 2026 6:39 p.m. GMT+8

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Chinese AI models have swept the top five spots globally for API (application programming interface) calls, according to the latest data from global AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter.

Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2.5 took the top spot, with two products from DeepSeek also making the top five. Tencent’s Hy3 saw a surge of more than 999% after being open-sourced.

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