PYMNTS.com February 25, 2025
Artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek reportedly resumed allowing customers to access its API.
The Chinese company, which rocked the tech world last month with its AI platform, suspended service earlier this month due to server capacity shortages.
DeepSeek will now allow customers to top up credits to be used on its API, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 25). Server resources will still be strained during the daytime, however.
The company’s popularity boomed after it released an AI model in January that it said could perform as well as OpenAI’s while being developed for a fraction of the cost. The news sent tech stocks tumbling while raising questions about the need for massive spending on AI projects.
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