DeepSeek R1 AI model training with Nvidia H800 GPUs in a Chinese data center

DeepSeek R1 AI Model Training Cost Just $294K, Disrupting the AI Industry

Introduction: A Game-Changing Announcement from China In a move that has sent shockwaves through the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry, Chinese startup DeepSeek revealed this week that it successfully trained its R1 AI model at a cost of only $294,000. The figure, disclosed in a paper published in Nature, challenges long-standing assumptions about the enormous…