Silicon Valley leaders from Sam Altman to Satya Nadella react to their new rival DeepSeek
Meta, Nvidia, and other tech giants react to DeepSeek's competitive, cost-efficient models that challenge established market players.

OpenAI, Sam Altman and DeepSeek

OpenAI's Sam Altman once warned America about Trump. Now he's partnering with him
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Sam Altman said it was “hopeless” for smaller AIs to compete with OpenAI. DeepSeek proved him wrong
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DeepSeek is unlike anything OpenAI has seen despite Sam Altman’s confidence
You can try, but not possible to build AI with $10M: Sam Altman’s old video goes viral after DeepSeek does it with $5M
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has taken the tech world by storm with its cost-effective, high-performance chatbot, which was developed for under $6 million—far less than the billions spent by US tech giants like OpenAI.
Sam Altman touts OpenAI-Microsoft alliance, says next phase will be 'better than anyone is ready for'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a picture of himself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday and suggested the two companies are getting along just fine.
Democratic lawmakers pen letter accusing Meta, OpenAI, Google and more of trying to 'buy favor' with Trump
Meta, Apple, Google and other tech companies have been named in a letter penned by Democratic lawmakers, accusing them of cozying up to President-elect Trump.
Sam Altman’s Response to ChatGPT’s Biggest Threat Yet Is a Revealing Lesson
One of the more revealing things to come out of the chaos was the response to DeepSeek from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT. In a thread on X, Altman called the model “impressive” and said that it was “legit invigorating” to have a competitor:
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Sam Altman Is Beating Elon Musk at His Own Game, and It’s Honestly Brilliant
Every one of the tech CEOs that attended Trump’s inauguration—a list that, in addition to Musk, includes Tim Cook (Apple), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Jeff ... direction. Is Sam Altman trolling ...
Sam Altman claps back at Senate inquiry into Trump inaugural fund donation
OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman clapped back at two Democratic senators’ inquiry into his $1 million personal donation to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund, quipping Friday
OpenAI’s Sam Altman vows ‘better models’ as China’s DeepSeek disrupts global race
DeepSeek’s generative AI chatbot, a direct rival to ChatGPT, is able to perform some tasks at the same level as recently released models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, despite claims it cost a fraction of the money and time to develop.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman downplays impact of DeepSeek: ‘Wildly overstated’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman downplayed the significance of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model released by Chinese startup DeepSeek on Thursday, saying it did a “couple of nice things” but has been
Sam Altman faces criticism over ‘hopeless’ AI competition remarks: "People like Sam Altman are responsible for creating artificial scarcity in the field of AI”
Sam Altman's old video claiming it is hopeless to compete with OpenAI on a $10 million budget has resurfaced, sparking debate. AI startups like DeepSeek are challenging this with cost-effective innovations.
How big tech is quietly recalibrating itself around the DeepSeek threat
On the political landscape, tech has made the biggest pivot. Amid threats of heavy regulation and even being broken up under Biden, Silicon Valley has embraced Donald Trump’s administration. The likes of Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Open AI’s Sam Altman and of course Elon Musk, were all at the centre of power at last week’s inauguration.