a16z founder Marc Andreessen: Deepseek R1 is AI's Sputnik moment

PANews reported on January 29 that Marc Andreessen, founder of a16z, wrote on the X platform that Deepseek R1 is the Sputnik moment of AI. He said that Deepseek-R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs he has ever seen, and it is open source. It is a gift to the world.

(Note: The Sputnik moment is the moment when people realize that they are threatened and challenged and must redouble their efforts to catch up.)