Why DeepSeek might profit despite open weights: it's the only one happy to optimize for its own architecture
yacineMTB · x · 2026-09-10
Bryan (@bryancsk) argues DeepSeek can be profitable despite open weights because it's the only inference provider that would provision for its own model architecture "without crying" — a unique cost edge from co-designing model and serving infrastructure.
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