After the Beep

AI's Race for What Comes Next

Introduction

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen described DeepSeek's R1 model as AI's "Sputnik moment," referencing the Soviet Union's 1957 satellite launch that spurred the U.S.-USSR space race. He emphasized that DeepSeek R1 is "one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs" he's ever seen and, being open source, considers it a "profound gift to…