China's lab-grown diamond makers target AI, chip sectors for next wave of growth
What's happening
China's lab-grown diamond makers are pivoting to sell industrial diamonds into AI and chip sectors as their next growth market, according to Reuters. The move positions lab-grown producers to supply materials used for cutting, polishing and heat management in semiconductor and AI hardware manufacturing. This shift follows broader cooling in China's AI sector, where multiple pieces note that the AI bubble in China has burst or already burst.
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Producers need new demand after China's AI enthusiasm cooled, so industrial applications in chips and AI hardware look like the clearest near-term buyers.
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Everyone said lab-grown diamonds were about jewelry, but Chinese producers are quietly betting on chips and AI hardware to pay the bills next.
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