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Assertion Contradicted

Lemkin: DeepSeek's AI model is intentionally crippled inside China

“And DeepSeek is intentionally crippled in China. It's not as good as it is here. It can't search the web and it is trained on different data as near as I can tell.”

Jason Lemkin Jun 25, 2026 ▶ 21:05 DeepSeek Raises at $50B | The Rise of Open Source vs OpenAI & Anthropic | OpenAI Builds Own Chip · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Assertion Contradicted

Ross: DeepSeek restricted signups due to a shortage of inference compute

“So, they ran out of compute, and this is why, this is the other reason why chip startups are gonna do just fine, because they ran out of inference compute.”

Jonathan Ross Jan 29, 2025 ▶ 48:31 Jonathan Ross: DeepSeek Special - How Should OpenAI and the US Government Respond | E1253 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

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