Foreign Media: The popular global AI agent OpenClaw has started using Chinese open-source AI models to gain cost and performance advantages. Since its launch in October 2025, the successful OpenClaw announced that it will provide free access to the Kimi K2.5 and Kimi Coding agent services of the Chinese startup Moonshot AI, and also support another Chinese foundational AI developer, MiniMax.
Beijing AI analysts said that Chinese open-source models are widely adopted due to their "cost-effectiveness". Many users found that other AI models consume a large number of text or data processing units (tokens), leading to increased computing costs and unexpected service fees. After DeepSeek launched high-performance, low-cost V3 and R1 systems, Chinese open-source AI models became known for their price advantage. Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.5 charges $0.58 per million input tokens and $3 for output, with strong performance and low cost.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856121539073096/
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