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“DeepSeek Moment” Anniversary in a Nashville Snowpocalypse

Kevin Xu
Jan 28, 2026
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This post originally appeared in Interconnected.

“As I revisited a year of writing on DeepSeek, three themes emerged that will shape frontier AI for many years to come.”

I had grand plans this week to do some deep writing – compose my 2025 annual letter, reflect on one year since the “DeepSeek Moment”, and riff on other topical issues in the fast changing AI world. From Claude Code and Clawbot, to the back to back releases of Qwen 3 and Kimi 2.5, there is no shortage of topics.

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