Prediction: Deepseek to Top Global AI Market as Median Income Is Only $5,000
iamaliveix · x · 2026-08-03
Jun Song predicts Deepseek will soon become the global AI market leader. The reason: global median annual income is only about $5,000, meaning at least 4 billion people earn less than $450 a month and cannot afford a $200 subscription for frontier AI. Deepseek is the only AI they can afford.
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