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The furore over DeepSeep R1 costing $5.5m buried the actual lede.. It didn’t. That’s how much the base v3 model cost (GPT 4o level). R1 likely cost O($100k), but the real buried lede is the distilled versions of Qwen & Llama which cost O($10k) to tune & can still improve..

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Why it worked

Leads with a specific number, which is concrete enough to be worth a second of attention.
Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Leads with a number
Structure: Hook → Context → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: concrete, punchy
Mechanisms: Specificity
Written for: People building with AI

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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