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Pivot · January 28, 2025 · 55m
DeepSeek, AI Costs, and China's Challenge
DeepSeek's release shakes Silicon Valley. Swisher and Galloway debate: is this proof that American AI dominance is a myth? Or is it evidence that AI will become commoditized, benefiting users at the expense of AI companies' valuations?
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Galloway notes the ironic return on luck: US export controls on GPU chips were intended to slow Chinese AI. Instead, they forced Chinese labs to innovate algorithmically, potentially producing more efficient AI architectures. The restriction became the advantage.
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If AI models become commoditized, the value shifts to applications and data — not the models themselves
Galloway argues that DeepSeek proves AI models are becoming commoditized: if a Chinese lab can match GPT-4 at 1/50th the cost, then the models themselves aren't the valuable layer. The value will shift to applications (how you use AI) and proprietary data (what you feed it).Was this useful?