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Deepseek R1

DeepSeek R1: The open-source, reinforcement learning (RL)-driven LLM that delivers state-of-the-art reasoning, math, and coding performance, rivaling models like OpenAI's o1, at a fraction of the operational cost.

DeepSeek R1 is a powerful, open-source large language model (LLM) from the Chinese startup DeepSeek, launched in January 2025 . The core innovation is its efficient Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture: it utilizes 671 billion total parameters but activates only 37 billion per forward pass, drastically cutting computational overhead . This RL-based model achieves superior performance in complex benchmarks, specifically excelling in reasoning, math (e.g., AIME, MATH), and coding tasks, often rivaling or surpassing top proprietary models like OpenAI's o1 . Released under the MIT license, R1 democratizes access to advanced reasoning capabilities with a highly cost-effective structure .