> DeepSeek is open weight, open source.

Sure, but I can't currently afford the hardware to run the frontier model.

Okay but that hardware doesn't have to be in Beijing, it can be in a Dutch data centre.

	▲	coffeefirst 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yep. I’ve been using the Kagi Assistant with Kimi2 running out of providers in the US and Netherlands. The total monthly cost averages around $2. It be great if more people drop good open models. But either way stuff like this is the future.