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Delving deeper into the actual expenditures behind Deep Seek reveals startling information about their infrastructure investments. Reports suggest that the company utilized 50,000 NVIDIA Hopper GPUs—a costly endeavor equating to nearly $1 billion in hardware alone when considering the price of high-performance AI chips ranging between $20,000 to $40,000 each.
This puts Deep Seek's expenditure on technology on par with major American AI laboratories. While the training cost for a single model might have been lower, it obscures the reality that advanced AI development still requires considerable financial commitments, much like those seen in well-established US companies.