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After the Beep

AI's Race for What Comes Next

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Mike Stanley
Feb 03, 2025
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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…

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