Nuvei is big in Japan, AI’s Sputnik moment, and the Uber for what?

For years, the US government has worked to restrict China’s access to semiconductor chips, a critical component for generative AI models. However, some experts argue that these export limits may have inadvertently pushed DeepSeek to find more creative ways to train and run its R1 model.

Tech investor Marc Andreessen called the rise of DeepSeek’s model “AI’s Sputnik moment,” while Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst told BetaKit it proves that efficiency is just as good of a predictor of innovation as massive sums of capital.