All of a sudden, DeepSeek is everywhere. Its R1 model is open source, allegedly trained for a fraction of the cost of other AI models, and is just as good, if not better than ChatGPT. This lethal combination hit Wall Street hard,

Development on the first DeepSeek R1 clone might have started with the announcement of the Open-R1 open-source project.

One of the key advantages of using DeepSeek R1 or any other model on Azure AI Foundry is the speed at which developers can experiment, iterate, and integrate AI into their workflows,” says Asha Sharma,