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Fortune
Sasha Rogelberg

Satya Nadella believes Chinese AI startup DeepSeek could be a win for tech, even as Microsoft’s shares tumble

Satya Nadella gestures with his hands and speaks in front of a blue background. (Credit: Hannes P Albert/picture alliance—Getty Images)
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is optimistic about Chinese AI firm DeepSeek’s shakeup of the tech industry. DeepSeek claims its newly unveiled R1 model is as effective as OpenAI’s o1—and was reportedly developed for a fraction of the budget.

Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek’s newly unveiled R1 reasoning model has shaken up Big Tech, with its app dethroning OpenAI’s ChatGPT as Apple’s most-downloaded App Store app and pummeling global tech stocks out of fear that America’s grip over AI development is slipping.

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