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Young Chinese Founders Launched More Than 7 Million Solo AI Startups in 2025
The Wall Street Journal reports over 7 million one-person AI startups registered in China in 2025, up roughly 42% from 2024, driven by graduates routing around a brutal job market rather than by venture funding. The scale means China's AI startup count is now dominated by companies with no employees. It is the clearest quantification yet of AI tooling collapsing the minimum viable company to one person, and of that collapse being a symptom of unemployment rather than of opportunity.
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