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China’s AI tactics? Win with less
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China’s AI tactics? Win with less

While playing the long game.

by Oyinebiladou Omemu David Adubiina Kelechi Edeh Loy Okezie

Who needs billion-dollar budgets for AI when you can do it for seven figures? That’s the question DeepSeek threw at Silicon Valley—and well, the rest of the world.

The Chinese AI startup stunned the world after building a low-cost AI model using less technologically advanced chips that topped app downloads on the App Store —at a fraction of OpenAI’s budget. While Meta with a $65 billion AI investment plan appears unfazed and Nvidia’s stock crashed, Washington was left wondering whether the sanctions are backfiring.

For what it's worth, DeepSeek’s open-source approach is upping the ante, proving that scarcity indeed breeds efficiency. And with the U.S. mostly focused on consumer-facing AI, China (although consumer-focused with AI) could be playing the long game targeting areas like manufacturing and surveillance.

With other AI companies seeking to outperform DeepSeek, we'll keep an eye on the AI race which is only getting started.

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