The Coca-Cola recipe has long been revealed, and its factory process is open knowledge, yet why has no third brand managed to challenge its dominance besides Pepsi? McDonald's, Starbucks, and Walmart don't seem to boast high technical barriers, so how have they dominated global dining and retail for so many years? This wave of the global AI war is not just a technological race, but even more a battle of branding. While newcomers like DeepSeek and Kimi may make breakthroughs in cost efficiency, building the kind of global brand trust enjoyed by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini is no easy feat. It is much like how China manufactures the iPhone, yet its domestic smartphone brands still struggle to capture high profit margins in the global market