Open-source models only threaten a company if that company is charging 100x the cost of the open alternative; at DeepSeek's pricing, running the business model of DeepSeek using DeepSeek's own open weights would lose money for competitors.
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“At Deep Seek's price, competing with Deep Seek using Deep Seek's own model loses money. Open source only threatens you, he says, if you're charging a hundredfold.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:15:41 PM
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