DeepSeek just accelerated all development timelines.

We were settling into the “fact” this stuff was going to cost $100Bs to build, that it was going to be closed source. Monopolised.

& then DeepSeek outperformed all leading models at fractions of cost 

And open sourced the tech

Now any AI builder has access to the most powerful model.

Truly a gift for open source, and even bigger one for AI development.

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And we all appreciate Sam Altman’s snarky remark about this.  This probably put a damper on his IPO fundraising prospects and his hopes for “trillions” of investment dollars to try to bring his lofty ideas to fruition.