DeepSeek: A low-cost, open-source LLM da

China · AI / LLM · Founder Journeys

DeepSeek: A low-cost, open-source LLM da China · AI / LLM · Founder Journeys 01 / 发家路径 02 / 失败与拐点 03 / 关键数据 起步 探索 增长 Founding… · 2015 · 发家路径 › 起步 Founding… 2015 Glowworm… · 2021 · 发家路径 › 探索 Glowworm… 2021 Establis… · 2023 · 发家路径 › 增长 Establis… 2023 核心数据 · Base model… · 关键数据 › 起步 核心数据 Base model… Legend User UI Agent logic Policy Tool action Context / trace

失败与踩坑

  • • Early on
  • • In 2025
  • • The price war initiated by V2 drove API …
  • • After skyrocketing in popularity

关键成功要素

  • • Relying on High-Flyer Quant's profits an…
  • • Using engineering innovations like MoE a…
  • • Insisting on open-source weights
  • • A team dominated by domestic young PhDs …
  • • Exercising extreme restraint in financin…

经验教训

  • • Side-project-style infrastructure invest…
  • • A price war can instantly pierce through…
  • • Open source is the fastest lever for a r…
  • • A pure research model has an expiration …
  • • Maintaining control is more important th…