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DeepSeek spent $1.6B and bought 50k NVIDIA GPUs for its AI


DeepSeek reportedly cost the company up to $944 million in operating spending.

The report details that DeepSeek's R1 model set the company back a whopping $1.6 billion in hardware, including 50,000 NVIDIA Hopper GPUs. Despite the vast resources required to facilitate AI advances, the Chinese startup remains a self-sponsored entity, locking out outsider interference and hostile takeovers. Elsewhere, the emerging AI firm reportedly recruits its employees exclusively from China, with a keen focus on skills and problem-resolution capabilities.

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