This isn’t merely a nationalistic preference. It’s a supply-side indicator that:
Domestic manufacturers have achieved pragmatist-acceptable quality and reliability
Total cost of ownership (including integration, support, spare parts) favors local suppliers
The technology has commoditized enough that Chinese firms compete on whole-product completeness
The Chasm Signal
When local suppliers overtake global leaders in the world’s largest market, the technology has crossed from “exotic import for visionaries” to “standard infrastructure for pragmatists.”
China now represents the first market where Physical AI has definitively crossed into early-majority territory at national scale.
Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
