Open-source reasoning at a fraction of proprietary costs. DeepSeek R1 scores 87.5% on AIME and offers genuine chain-of-thought reasoning. MIT licensed — you can run this on your own infrastructure for complete data control. The thinking model for teams that can't afford (or won't trust) proprietary reasoning APIs.
“Reasoning for the people. MIT license + AIME 87.5% = no brainer for self-hosting.”
Any team that needs reasoning but can't justify Opus/o3 pricing. Host it yourself for maximum value.
Training data policy: Unclear — Chinese data laws apply
DPDP Act (India): Data processed in China. Use third-party providers (Together, Fireworks) for data sovereignty.
Data residency: China
API accessible. Consider third-party providers for better latency and data sovereignty.