Many US tech firms are turning to China's DeepSeek as the bill for homegrown AI bites – American AI companies could learn a thing or two
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DeepSeek becoming the cheap, portable default for US firms is a pricing and sovereignty shock—TCO is beating patriotism. If you don’t have a clear policy on where Chinese models are allowed in your stack, your engineers will make that decision for you on cost alone.
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