DeepSeek-R1, developed by a Chinese AI lab, is potentially highly competitive and shockingly cost-effective, and could be a boon to the Indian IT sector.

DeepSeek revolutionizes AI model development in India, shifting focus to foundational models, sparking innovation and investment in the industry.

The Indian government has officially launched the next stage of its ambitious AI mission, focusing on building foundational AI models specific to the nation’s needs. Speaking at the Utkarsh Odisha Conclave,

The start-up had become a key player in the “Chinese Large-Model Technology Avengers Team” that would counter US AI dominance, said another. China’s delight, however, spelled pain for several giant US technology companies as investors questioned whether DeepSeek’s breakthrough undermined the case for their colossal spending on AI infrastructure.

Deepseek collects similar data to American-based AI models, but Chinese laws could make that data more accessible to the government.

The U.S. tried to slow China’s advances, but the startup showed how hard that is.