# One Year Since the "DeepSeek Moment"

DevFeed: [One Year Since the "DeepSeek Moment"](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/one-year-since-the-deepseek-moment-7250.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://huggingface.co/blog/huggingface/one-year-since-the-deepseek-moment>)

Author: Adina Yakefu; Irene Solaiman

Published: 2026-01-20T15:02:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hugging Face - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hugging-face-blog.md>)

Topics: [deepseek](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deepseek.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-development.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [china](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/china.md>), [compute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compute.md>), [deepseek](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deepseek.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [global](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>)

## AI overview

The article reflects on the year after DeepSeek R1, arguing that it accelerated open AI models and a broader open-source ecosystem, particularly in China. It describes lower barriers to advanced AI capabilities, rapid iteration, and growing global adoption of open models.

## Source excerpt

The first blog addresses strategic changes and the explosion of new open models and open source players. The second covers architectural and hardware choices largely by Chinese companies made in the wake of a growing open ecosystem, available here. The third analyzes prominent organizations' trajectories and the future of the global open source ecosystem, available here.