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One of the more contentious points in the conversation about DeepSeek is the assertion that the company developed its model for a mere $6 million. Many industry experts, including figures like Palmer Luckey and Brad Gersner, have indicated that this claim is misleading. The $6 million figure only represents the final training run and does not account for the totality of resources invested in R&D, which would need to be compared against the fully loaded costs incurred by American companies, making an apples-to-apples comparison virtually impossible.