MACHINE AGE CARTOON

THE CHIP HOARDER

By Zimbo · October 6, 2026

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AI cartoon by Zimbo: Sunday strip: Liang Wenfeng, THE CHIP HOARDER — teenager with circuit board at Zhejiang; High-Flyer quant money-printer; 2021 Nvidia chip wall under slamming export-controls shutter; 2023 tiny DeepSeek lab; Jan 2025 R1 robot topples the BIG AI $100B+ tag; finale: gold IPO $???B tag over the lab.
Liang Wenfeng made a fortune teaching machines to trade, hoarded Nvidia chips before the export controls hit, then shipped a cheap open model that broke the price of intelligence. The teenager with the circuit board, the quant money printer, the chip wall, the R1 shock — in six panels.Zimbo for AI News Page
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