Satya Nadella Says DeepSeek Is the New Bar For Microsoft's AI Success

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has told employees that DeepSeek's R1 AI model has set 'the new bar' for his company's AI ambitions, citing the startup's ability to reach the top of app store rankings. 'What's most impressive about DeepSeek is that it's a great reminder of what 200 people can do when they come together with one thought and one play,' The Verge cited Nadella as saying.

'Most importantly, not just leaving it there as a research project or an open source project, but to turn it into a product that was number one in the App Store. That's the new bar to me,' he added. Microsoft quickly deployed DeepSeek's R1 on its Azure platform in January. The AI model gained recognition for its optimization below Nvidia's CUDA layer, enabling greater efficiency.

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