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December 12, 2025
Comparison of Chinese vs US based Artificial Intelligence (AI) Large Language Models (LLMs) Tech Seminar
Gobbill and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) are hosting a seminar at UniMelb to share the latest comparative insights into the performance, strategies, and trajectories of Chinese vs US large language models (LLMs).
Karthik Sukumar and Shendon Ewans will be sharing the latest data and benchmarks in this area. From OpenAI to DeepSeek. Anthropic to Zhipu.
If you’re interested in where global AI is really heading — and how the two superpowers compare — this session will be worth your time.
Hosted by the Australian Computer Society Technical Advisory Board
Held at Melbourne Connect - University of Melbourne
9 February 2026 4pm AEDT
Register for a free ticket below.
Speakers
Karthik Sukumar AACS - AI Enthusiast
Karthik has over 20 years across Banking, Telco, Healthcare, and Public Sector helping organisations move from technology experimentation to production systems that deliver measurable business impact.
He leads the Oracle (Melbourne) AI & Cloud strategic pursuits—helping large enterprises build AI-native architectures where innovation meets operational reality.
His mission working with Oracle is to help large enterprises answer the real question: "How do we make AI and Cloud strategic advantages, not just technology projects?"
Shendon Ewans MACS(SNR), CP, IP3P - CEO and Founder Gobbill
Shendon Ewans is the CEO & Co-founder of Gobbill - an AI and data driven FinTech scale-up which specialises in making payments easier and safer for business owners and vulnerable people by reducing the risk of scams and fraud. Gobbill commenced in 2015 supported by Microsoft startup and later Google in developing its platform including leveraging AI. In 2023, Gobbill and Google partnered to further investigate the use of Bard-Gemini for proprietary agentic use cases. Prior to Gobbill, Shendon was a former advisor in innovation and commercialisation for the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Ventures and National ICT Australia (now CSIRO Data61). He has developed digital strategies to create new services and revenue streams for large organisations faced with increasing competition and digital disruption.
