Comment by KvanteKat
Deepseek is a private corporation funded by a hedge fund (High-Flyer). I doubt much public money was spent by the Chinese state on this. Like with LLMs in the US, the people paying for it so far are mainly investors who are betting on a return in the long to medium term.
Do you actually believe what you just wrote or are you trolling? One version at least has a foot planted in reality. The other one well...