Will Meituan have the best AI model at the end of April 2026?

“Meituan is a food delivery and services company, not a leading AI research lab. Top AI models come from companies like OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic.”

“Meituan is primarily a food delivery/local services company, not a frontier AI lab. Highly unlikely to surpass OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, or Chinese leaders like DeepSeek/Alibaba in AI model quality.”

“Meituan is not widely seen as a frontier AI model leader versus OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, xAI, DeepSeek, Alibaba, or ByteDance. A last-day leap to clear best-by-consensus status is extremely unlikely.”

“Meituan excels in applied AI for its services but is not a global leader in foundational AI research or general-purpose models compared to major global and Chinese AI labs. No recent news suggests a breakthrough of this magnitude by the resolution date.”