Industry · The Decoder ·
Coinbase joins the rush to Chinese AI models as Western labs face a pricing stress test
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company is using Chinese AI models such as GLM 5.2 and Kimi 2.7. Coinbase routes requests to models based on task and price, improved caching raised the hit rate from 5% to 60%, and AI spending has been cut in half while token use continues to rise.