R. Scott Pert<p>SoftBank-backed startup aims to ride DeepSeek buzz with cheap AI servers</p><p>> American chip startup <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SambaNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SambaNova</span></a> Systems says demand is growing in Asia for more affordable artificial intelligence solutions to replace <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nvidia</span></a>'s costly hardware, with the emergence of open-source models like that of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> adding momentum to the shift.</p><p>> "Demand from the APAC region has significantly risen, particularly this year," <br> <a href="https://archive.fo/2025.04.16-042235/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/SoftBank-backed-startup-aims-to-ride-DeepSeek-buzz-with-cheap-AI-servers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.fo/2025.04.16-042235/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/SoftBank-backed-startup-aims-to-ride-DeepSeek-buzz-with-cheap-AI-servers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a></p>