What China's Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About The AI Boom
The LedeWhat China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. It’s called FateTell, and it makes an app that, in the vein of traditional Chinese astrology, reads your bazi, a chart that tracks the elemental forces associated with your birth date and time. (Levy wanted me at the event because of the makeup of my bazi. The town is hip, idyllic, contrarian, and increasingly known as an escape for workers burnt out by the grind of China’s booming tech industry.
- ▪The LedeWhat China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I.
- ▪It’s called FateTell, and it makes an app that, in the vein of traditional Chinese astrology, reads your bazi, a chart that tracks the elemental forces associated with your birth date and time. (Levy wanted me at the event because of the ma
- ▪The town is hip, idyllic, contrarian, and increasingly known as an escape for workers burnt out by the grind of China’s booming tech industry.
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The LedeWhat China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. BoomTech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I.By Afra WangSeptember 23, 2026Illustration by Wong PingSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyIn mid-May, days after Donald Trump visited Beijing, a Chinese tech founder named Levy invited me to an office party for his A.I. fortune-telling company. It’s called FateTell, and it makes an app that, in the vein of traditional Chinese astrology, reads your bazi, a chart that tracks the elemental forces associated with your birth date and time. (Levy wanted me at the event because of the makeup of my bazi.
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