Do Chinese open-weight models really process most of the world’s AI tokens?

A post says Chinese open-weight models accounted for approximately 53% of OpenRouter’s public token volume as of September 13, 2026, but questions whether that reflects global use. Citing Ramp’s reported purchasing figures, it calculates that at least 77% of Ramp customers paying for AI subscribe to OpenAI or Anthropic. The exact share depends on the undisclosed overlap between those customer groups. It also says about 6% use platforms like OpenRouter—and 96% of that group also pay for OpenAI or Anthropic. From that adoption evidence, the post argues that closed models likely dominate AI deployment.