Perplexity AI has introduced that Chinese language AI startup DeepSeek’s R-1 reasoning mannequin is now obtainable to make use of for deep internet analysis on its platform. The Aravind Srinivas led firm said that it’s rising the variety of makes use of for each free and paid customers because it provides extra capability. 

“DeepSeek R1 is now obtainable on Perplexity to assist deep internet analysis. There is a new Professional Search reasoning mode selector, together with OpenAI o1, with clear chain of thought into mannequin’s reasoning. We’re rising the variety of each day makes use of for each free and paid as add extra capability throughout the day. Keep tuned!” the corporate wrote in a publish on X

Perplexity additionally highlighted that utilizing DeepSeek R-1 on via its servers would maintain the consumer knowledge in ‘western servers’. It wrote, “DeepSeek on Perplexity is hosted in US/EU knowledge facilities – your knowledge by no means leaves Western servers. The open supply mannequin is hosted utterly impartial of China. Your privateness and knowledge safety is our precedence.”

Aravind Srinivas on DeepSeek-R1: 

In a publish on X, Perplexity’s Indian origin CEO Aravind Srinivas wrote that the corporate will purchase extra capability to maintain serving DeepSeek R1 in American knowledge centres. He additionally famous that the ‘proliferation of search brokers has simply begun’.

“Additionally we’re going to purchase extra capability to maintain serving DeepSeek R1 in American knowledge facilities! These shorting NVDA are shortsighted. The proliferation of search brokers and assistants that may cause has simply begun!” Srinivas wrote on X.