On January 27th,Shaw, founder of ai16z, evaluated large models such as DeepSeek. He pointed out that the AI field is undergoing an open source revolution, with major AI labs such as Google, OpenAI, Claude, and now DeepSeek constantly achieving breakthroughs in benchmark testing and capabilities.

Shaw particularly emphasized that open source models like DeepSeek are a major benefit to the entire industry, as they can help developers extend AI applications to millions of users at a lower cost. As AI models gradually become commoditized, this technology is developing towards being free, open source, and running at zero cost on home computers.