Chinese ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/ai-startup” target=”_blank”>AI startup DeepSeek on Saturday disclosed some cost and revenue data related to its hit ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/v3-and-r1-models” target=”_blank”>V3 and R1 models, claiming a theoretical ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/cost-profit-ratio” target=”_blank”>cost-profit ratio of up to 545% per day, though it cautioned that actual revenue would be significantly lower.
This marks the first time the Hangzhou-based company has revealed any information about its profit margins from less computationally intensive “inference” tasks, the stage after training that involves trained AI models making predictions or performing tasks, such as through chatbots.
The revelation could…
