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, which is a gift to the world.

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