We have actually been tracking the explosive rise of DeepSeek R1, which has taken the AI world by storm in recent weeks. In this session, we dove deep into the evolution of the DeepSeek family - from the early designs through DeepSeek V3 to the breakthrough R1. We also explored the technical innovations that make R1 so special on the planet of open-source AI.

The DeepSeek Ancestral Tree: From V3 to R1

DeepSeek isn’t simply a single model