• The story behind DeepSeek’s breakthrough

  • Feb 19 2025
  • Duración: 18 m
  • Podcast

The story behind DeepSeek’s breakthrough

  • Resumen

  • This January, DeepSeek made an announcement that changed the artificial intelligence landscape. The Chinese start-up said that it had trained the latest in a series of competitive AI models, which appeared to be built much more cheaply than those of Silicon Valley competitors. The FT’s China technology correspondent, Eleanor Olcott, first wrote a story about the company last summer. She’s on today to discuss how DeepSeek’s founder Liang Wenfeng was able to finance and grow his company at a time when start-up funding is scarce in China, and often comes with too many strings attached.


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    For further reading:

    Liang Wenfeng, the DeepSeek founder panicking the tech world

    The global AI race: is China catching up to the US?

    Xi Jinping seizes DeepSeek moment to restore China tech chiefs to spotlight

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    Follow Eleanor Olcott on X (@EleanorOlcott). Michela Tindera is on X (@mtindera07) and Bluesky (@mtindera.ft.com), or follow her on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.


    Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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