However, the company noted that real benefits are significantly lower due to free access to the web and applications, lower V3 models and reduced development rates during the hours excluding wells.
This is the first time that the company based in Hangzhou has disclosed the margins benefiting from the inference tasks, where the models of formed AI generate responses or perform functions such as chatbot interactions.
Authenticity and corporate impact
Analysts say that the concentration of Deepseek on scalability and efficiency is notable, but the caution that it is too early to consider its claims as a reference of the industry applicable to companies in China or outside.
“In addition, in theory in relation to practice, there is a significant difference, because costs are also very subjective to geography, resources and revenue generation,” said Neil Shah, partner and co-founder of Counterpoint Research. “However, we do not know the objective of these public affirmations, but they will certainly put pressure on Western companies to reveal and / or optimize their costs internally.”
