DeepSeek is dominating the app stores, garnering media attention, and even surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the AI space. But what’s going on behind the scenes?
Max Zeff discusses it all with Ion Stoica, a professor at UC Berkeley’s computer science division and the cofounder and executive chairman of software startup Databricks, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast today.
Listen to the full episode to hear more about:
- Why Stoica believes the future of AI lies in “doubling down on open source.”
- Microsoft’s decision to host DeepSeek on Azure.
- What the U.S. can do to foster accelerated innovation – with a look back at SB-1047 and a look ahead to 2025.
- The controversy surrounding claims that DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own.
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