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A software engineer bought a website”OGOpenAI.com” and directed him to DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab that has been making waves in the open-source AI world lately.
Software engineer Ananay Arora told TechCrunch that he bought the domain name “for less than a Chipotle meal” and plans to sell it for more.
The move was a clear sign of how it was DeepSeek releases advanced open AI modelsjust like OpenAI did in its early years. DeepSeek’s models can be used offline and for free by any developer with the necessary hardware, just like older OpenAI models like Point-E and Jukebox.
DeepSeek caught the attention of AI enthusiasts last week Released an open version of the DeepSeek-R1 modelthe company claims it performs better than OpenAI o1 according to certain criteria. Aside from models like Whisper, OpenAI rarely releases its advanced AI in an “open” format these days, drawing criticism from some in the AI industry. In fact, OpenAI’s reluctance to release its most powerful models a A claim from Elon Muskwho claims that the startup is not staying true to itself original non-profit mission.
Arora says he was inspired by a since-deleted post on X by Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, who compared DeepSeek to OpenAI in its more “open” days. “I thought, hey, it would be cool if the domain went to DeepSeek for fun,” Arora told TechCrunch via DM.
DeepSeek is among the list of Chinese AI labs joining Alibaba’s Qwen Open alternatives to OpenAI models.
There is an American government China has tried to limit its AI labs for years with chip export restrictionsbut if the latest AI models coming out of the country are any indication, more work may be needed.
