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"DeepSeek built their model for just $5.6M"

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Reality

• Explanation: This number is misleading because the $5.6M only covers the final training run and excludes critical costs like infrastructure.
  • For example, DeepSeek reportedly has 50,000 Hopper GPUs from NVIDIA worth approximately $1B, showing their true investment scale is much larger.
• Analogy: Saying DeepSeek built their model for 5.6M saying the latest iPhone only costs $500 to manufacture. While that might be the final assembly cost, it doesn't include years of research and development.