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Pieter Levels

What Pieter Levels thinks about China

@pieter-levels · 69 positions · 2 changes of mind

Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone — Nomads.com, Remote OK, Hoodmaps, Photo AI and Interior AI — and has written about it at levels.io since 2013. Posts as @levelsio.

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4 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Pieter Levels has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe West's biggest blindspot is repeatedly underestimating China's speed and capabilities.

    Their wordsThe West's biggest blindspot is repeatedly underestimating China's speed and capabilities

    ↗The West's biggest blindspot is repeatedly underestimating China's speed and capabilitieslevels.io

    Interesting
  2. 7 days earlier

  3. Our readingFrance and Germany will ban Tesla's full self-driving to protect their own car industry.

    Their wordsThe French and Germans will ban Tesla FSD to protect their car industry that's being decimated by Chinese EVs and Tesla Allowing Tesla full self driving would make it so popular that it'd probably the end of their car industry Because no French or German car has self driving like Tesla, many customers would probably flock to Tesla

    ↗The French and Germans will ban Tesla FSD to protect their car industrylevels.io

    self-driving carselectric vehicles

    Interesting
  4. 5 days earlier

  5. Our readingRestricting US AI models does not work: China builds better ones and everyone switches to them.

    Their wordsUS: restricts US AI model because too dangerous China: builds better Chinese AI model Everyone: switches to Chinese AI model This is why restricting models probably doesn't work, it's much more preferable (for US) to have everyone on US AI models so at least they can monitor what everyone is doing

    ↗US restricts AI models so China builds better ones and everyone switcheslevels.io

    Interesting
  6. 8 months earlier

  7. Our readingOnly the US and China have substantial startup activity left; the rest of the world cannot really do startups.

    Their wordsI just realized the only 2 countries left with actual substantial startup activity now are literally only the US and China The rest of the world can't really do startups, doesn't have the funding, can't grow them and it's more like performative hobby projects for their governments Which might tell us where the future wealth will be concentrated in the world

    ↗Only the US and China have actual substantial startup activity nowlevels.io

    startups

    Interesting