31: AI competitiveness: How Chinese and US firms stack up

In this episode of the China Tech Investor Podcast powered by TechNode, James and Elliott chat with Matt Sheehan, Fellow at Macro Polo, the in-house think tank of the Paulson Institute. Matt discusses some of his recent research, in which he analyses how US and Chinese firms stack up in various dimensions of data. He also shares his findings on the battle for AI engineers, and how each country’s AI future may rely on Chinese talent, on both sides of the Pacific.

Also, be sure to check out Matt’s upcoming book: The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future, out August 13th.

Please note, the hosts may have interest in some of the stocks discussed. The discussion should not be construed as investment advice or a solicitation of services.

Watchlist:

• Tencent
• Alibaba
• Baidu
• iQiyi
• Xiaomi
• JD.com
• Pinduoduo
• Meituan-Dianping

Guests:

• Matt Sheehan - @mattsheehan88

Hosts:

• Elliott Zaagman – @elliottzaagman
• James Hull – @jameshullx

Editor

• Peter Isachenko

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• Music: “Hey Ho” by Steve Jackson, Royalty Free Music