Chinese upstart Deepseek shook up the AI industry. By embracing open-source, it built on existing breakthroughs and leveraged communities to develop a model rivaling those of global leaders, at a fraction of the cost and effort. As Silicon Valley venture capital trend-setter Marc Andreesen noted, “DeepSeek R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs I’ve ever seen, and as open source, a profound gift to the world.”
