DeepSeek insider: infra is the big brother and can veto research decisions
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-25
An insider claims DeepSeek may be the only AI lab where the infra side has the authority to make critical calls and veto research — "at DeepSeek, infra is the big brother." The observation echoes notes that DS 4.1F reflects pure engineering taste: massive EP clusters, tiny KV cache, prefill running at half the usual cost.
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