The Why: big tech's battle for keyboards

为何:科技巨头间的键盘之战

Round Table China

2026-09-21

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Every text you send, every search you run, every question you ask an AI passes through the same quiet piece of software beneath your fingertips, and it is watching all of it. In 2026, China's biggest tech companies are fighting to control that software, and the stakes go far beyond convenience. The battle to reinvent the keyboard may be the fiercest front in the AI competition, hiding in the one place nobody thinks to look. On the show: Steve, Yushan & Yushun
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  • I'm Steve Hatherly today with Yushan and Yushin.

  • Coming up, you tap out a text...

  • Fire off a search, ask an AI agent something,

  • and every time, the same invisible tool is right there beneath your fingertips, soaking it all in.

  • In 2026, China's tech heavyweights are suddenly obsessed with owning that tiny piece of software,

  • and they're not doing it for fun.

  • Coming up on today's The Why, we crack open the race to reinvent your keyboard

  • and why the real AI war might be happening somewhere you'd never think to look.

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