Perplexity users can now get search answers using the groundbreaking Chinese LLM, which CEO Aravind Srinivas says marks a “revolutionary moment” in AI.

DeepSeek R1 is now available on Perplexity to support deep web research. There's a new Pro Search reasoning mode selector, along with OpenAI o1, with transparent chain of thought into model's reasoning. We're increasing the number of daily uses for both free and paid as add more… pic.twitter.com/KIJWpPPJVN

Development on the first DeepSeek R1 clone might have started with the announcement of the Open-R1 open-source project.

While some have disputed the shockingly low cost of developing AI models, most agree that DeepSeek has sharply cut the on-going cost of running such models and that the firm's decision to release its technology for free has altered the course of the industry.