Key Highlights
- WorldClaw offers 43 Chinese AI models, including models from Alibaba, Baidu and Z.ai.
- WorldClaw accepts World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin, while the Trump family owns 38% of World Liberty.
- The partnership faces scrutiny because some Chinese AI companies behind the models face U.S. government restrictions.
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is being questioned over its work with Hong Kong-based AI company WorldClaw, which offers access to dozens of Chinese-developed AI models.
According to a report from Reuters, the partnership between both firms is drawing scrutiny because WorldClaw accepts World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin, while the Trump family owns 38% of World Liberty and can benefit from its crypto business.
World Liberty’s crypto link to WorldClaw
WorldClaw reportedly offers about 90 AI models through its WorldRouter service, with 43 of them developed by Chinese companies including Alibaba, Baidu and Z.ai. The platform also offers models from U.S. companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Users can pay for the service with USD1, linking World Liberty’s crypto business directly to the AI platform.
Reuters reported that the exact financial terms between the two companies are not public. However, the relationship goes beyond the use of USD1. Ryan Fang, World Liberty’s head of growth, has worked as an external adviser to WorldClaw.
The AI company said his role is “strictly advisory” and involves helping with USD1 adoption, partnerships and expanding access to AI services.
Trump Family has previously promoted WorldClaw
The Trump family has also publicly promoted WorldClaw. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who are co-founders of World Liberty, have mentioned the company on X. Trump Jr. previously said he would meet winners of a WorldClaw contest at Mar-a-Lago, while Eric Trump described the collaboration as “the future of finance.”
The Chinese AI models available through WorldClaw are attracting attention because some of their developers have faced action from the U.S. government.
The Pentagon has designated Alibaba and Baidu as Chinese military-aligned companies. Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu AI, is also on the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List, which severely restricts access to U.S. technology.
WorldClaw also offers models from DeepSeek and Moonshot. U.S. officials have accused the companies of taking intellectual property from American AI companies. The Chinese government and the companies involved have rejected or disputed those claims.
Alibaba said it is not a Chinese military company and rejected its Pentagon designation as “arbitrary and capricious.” The company reportedly said it would take legal action to seek removal from the list.
Security Questions Surround Chinese AI
There are also concerns about how Chinese AI models could affect users. WorldClaw says its platform may share user inputs with the companies providing the models. Experts have warned about possible monitoring, censorship and malicious code that could affect AI agents. WorldClaw says it has privacy and security measures in place.
The Crypto Times has personally reached out to WorldClaw and World Liberty Financial for more comments on the matter but had not received a response at the time of publication.”
World Liberty faces more scrutiny
Meanwhile, the development comes as World Liberty faces other major developments. Tron founder Justin Sun recently sued the company, alleging fraud and saying the project is “on the verge of collapse” over frozen tokens.
In short, this new relationship with WorldClaw adds another layer of attention around the Trump-backed venture. The Chinese AI models available through WorldClaw have brought the focus back to the balance between business opportunities and the U.S. government’s concerns over Chinese technology.
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