The Shortest Chain in History: From Tech to Profit in One Day
Three weeks on an inference engine for a few points of efficiency. Shipped one morning, profit the next day. Token economy compressed tech-to-profit to its shortest chain ever: Z.ai 8× in six months, OpenAI pushed Codex to 5M weekly actives, MiniMax overtook Baidu then fell back. Hype and abandonment share the same speed.
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