{"id":146523,"date":"2026-02-20T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146523"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:00:07","slug":"996-goes-west-us-ai-start-ups-adopt-china-techs-controversial-work-schedule-to-get-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146523","title":{"rendered":"996 goes West: US AI start-ups adopt China tech\u2019s controversial work schedule to get ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThey are young, intensely competitive, and unapologetic about 80-hour work weeks. Welcome to the United States\u2019 new generation of tech founders.<br \/>\nGen Z\u2019s start-up class is reframing \u201cmillennial hustle culture\u201d by shifting from side gigs and personal branding to a more rigid office grind, while looking to China for inspiration. It\u2019s for this reason that US artificial intelligence start-ups are openly embracing 996, the controversial 9am to 9pm, six-day-a-week schedule popularised by Chinese tech&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/3344052\/996-goes-west-us-ai-start-ups-adopt-china-techs-controversial-work-schedule-get-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThey are young, intensely competitive, and unapologetic about 80-hour work weeks. Welcome to the United States\u2019 new generation of tech founders. Gen Z\u2019s start-up&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146523"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}