This week, hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atindriyo Sanyal discuss the fallout from DeepSeek's groundbreaking R1 model, its impact on the open-source AI landscape, and how its release will impact model development moving forward. They also discuss what effect (if any) export controls have had on AI innovation and whether we’re witnessing the rise of “Agents as a Service”.

To tackle the increasing complexity of agentic systems, Conor and Atin highlight the need for robust evaluation frameworks, discussing the challenges of measuring agent performance, and how the recent launch of Galileo's agentic evaluations are empowering developers to build safer and more effective AI agents.

Chapters:00:00 Introduction

02:09 DeepSeek's Impact and Innovations

03:43 Open Source AI and Industry Implications

13:44 Export Controls and Global AI Competition

18:55 Software as a Service

19:29 Agentic Evaluations

25:14 Metrics for Success

31:34 Conclusion and Farewell

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Show Notes

On DeepSeek and Export Controls

Introducing Agentic Evaluations

How DeepSeek Changed the AI Race Overnight

Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering

How DeepSeek Changed the AI Race Overnight