DeepSeek's $6 million R1 cost-efficient model training might be a ruse — the Chinese startup reportedly spent $1.6 billion and bought 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs while its top researchers earned $1.3 million

China's DeepSeek AI startup reportedly spent up to $944 million on operating costs.

Feb 4, 2025 - 14:44
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DeepSeek's $6 million R1 cost-efficient model training might be a ruse — the Chinese startup reportedly spent $1.6 billion and bought 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs while its top researchers earned $1.3 million
China's DeepSeek AI startup reportedly spent up to $944 million on operating costs.