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To provide some perspective, DeepSeek developed a model at a cost below $6 million, an achievement notable given the significant investments made in U.S. tech markets by companies such as NVIDIA, Meta, Google, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Remarkably, the DeepSeek-R1 model is 20 to 50 times cheaper to operate compared to OpenAI’s o1 model, a fact that is surprising given the processing capabilities of ChatGPT. From a technical standpoint, OpenAI primarily focuses on natural language processing, while DeepSeek aspires to be more task-oriented. This difference in objectives could potentially signal how a system like DeepSeek-V3 might influence cloud systems by leveraging low-cost chips and minimal data.