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DeepSeek’s AI Model Disrupts Tech Stocks and Sparks Industry Rethink

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By Web Desk Published January 28, 2025 3 Min Read
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Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, buzz began building around a new entrant in the AI space, DeepSeek, based in Hangzhou, China.

The startup’s latest release, the R1 model, has caught the attention of global tech leaders, suggesting a significant shift in AI technology is underway.

DeepSeek’s R1 model has matched or exceeded benchmarks set by leading AI models from OpenAI and Microsoft, according to discussions on tech forums and evaluations on a UC Berkeley-affiliated AI leaderboard. This revelation came as the tech world gathered in Davos, where the conversation often turned to the implications of DeepSeek’s advancements for countries like the US.

Interest in DeepSeek surged dramatically over the weekend. Prominent Silicon Valley figures, including investor Marc Andreessen and AI pioneer Yann LeCun, have publicly lauded the cR1 model’s capabilities. Andreessen described it as “one of the most impressive breakthroughs” he has seen.

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DeepSeek's R1 large model has shocked the global AI community, and we are celebrating it.

🪂Submit #Sol address & RT,we will #airdrop you 5.000 $Deepseek to your wallet #solana #DEEPSEEK pic.twitter.com/EDwqF1XKOj

— $Deepseek Coin (@deepseek_sol) January 28, 2025

The immediate popularity of DeepSeek’s AI assistant on mobile platforms pushed the app to the top of download charts in both Apple and Google stores. This surge in demand briefly overwhelmed DeepSeek’s systems, leading to service disruptions and a temporary restriction of new signups to users with mainland China phone numbers.

The market reaction was swift and stark. DeepSeek’s claims of cost-effective AI development precipitated a near $1 trillion decline in the market value of US and European tech stocks. Nvidia, a major AI chipmaker, saw a record $589 billion erased from its market cap in a single day, highlighting the nervousness about established tech giants’ future in a market where DeepSeek is setting new cost-performance standards.

Read: DeepSeek Tops US App Store, Overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT with New AI Model

DeepSeek’s model, developed at a reported fraction of the cost of its competitors, has sparked a broader discussion about the sustainability of current AI development paths, which often require massive computational resources and investment.

NEWS: DeepSeek just dropped ANOTHER open-source AI model, Janus-Pro-7B.

It's multimodal (can generate images) and beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion across GenEval and DPG-Bench benchmarks.

This comes on top of all the R1 hype. The 🐋 is cookin' pic.twitter.com/yCmDQoke0f

— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) January 27, 2025

Founded by quant fund manager Liang Wenfeng, the company embraces an open-source strategy that counters the conventional secretive practices of Western tech firms. However, this transparency has its drawbacks, as DeepSeek’s model shies away from politically sensitive issues in China, potentially impacting its global acceptance.

Despite these challenges, DeepSeek’s entry into the AI market is pivotal. It underscores a shift towards more efficient AI models that could redefine industry standards for cost and performance, compelling major players like Nvidia to acknowledge the innovation while reassuring that their products remain essential for AI tasks.

As the AI landscape continues to evolve, DeepSeek’s initial success challenges the technological hegemony of Western companies. It illustrates the global nature of innovation in the digital age, where geographic boundaries increasingly fail to contain the spread of transformative technologies.

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