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1. ignoramous · 1790066913 · focus · HN ↗

   Per Xiaomi, MiMo v2.6 training run cost $3.47m. A far cry from the estimated costs ($100m+) for the Big 5 (MSL, xAI, GDM, OAI, Ant). I wouldn't be surprised if salaries and R&D costs have similar drastic disparities.

   For a model that matches Muse Spark 1.3 in benchmarks, MiMo v2.6 Pro is incredibly cheap, given its cache rates will remain $0.0036 per million.

   1. drbscl · 1790070448 · focus · HN ↗

      My understanding of tech salaries in China is that they are pretty decent, but not as high as in SF; closer to typical European salaries.

      Mostly due to lower cost of living; Shenzhen is way cheaper than SV

      1. f6v · 1790075862 · focus · HN ↗

         I seriously doubt salaries are included. It must be just the electricity and GPU costs.

         1. drbscl · 1790086658 · focus · HN ↗

            In these metrics, yes. In the reported training budgets of anthropic/openai, who knows?

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