The founder of DS's stated goal is to get to AGI. He thinks this is the path to get there.

Kind of interesting, when compared to the hubris from American frontier labs.

Benefits of having a well performing hedge fund funding DeepSeek.

IIRC, Demis attempted to start a fund inside DeepMind but it was killed off. In an alternative world where he manages to pull that off, perhaps DeepMind would still be independent with Demis at the helm.

Their stance on LLM development is why they earned my respect in a time when OpenAI and Anthropic only earn my mistrust.

That, and the fact that DS is an insanely capable model.