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Goldman Sachs flags significant China AI demand, bets on hardware as inference costs fall

8/27/2026

Goldman Sachs (GS) one-delta desk has a direct read on China's artificial intelligence market: demand is significant.

The complication is that the firm's preferred expression of that demand is hardware investment, a stance that says something specific about where Goldman thinks the value in China's AI buildout actually sits.

The case for hardware starts with the mechanism the one-delta desk identifies.

Cheaper inference is pulling more users into AI applications, and in Goldman's framing, that volume dynamic makes hardware the more durable position.

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