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The Future of the Global Open-Source AI Ecosystem: From DeepSeek to AI+

SpeculationResearchFeb 3, 2026

Hugging Face published an article by Adina Yakefu and Irene Solaiman examining China's open-source AI ecosystem since DeepSeek's R1 release. DeepSeek is the most followed organization on Hugging Face, with Qwen ranking fourth. The article posits that open source is the dominant approach for Chinese AI organizations for the near future, with Alibaba's Qwen generating over 113,000 derivative models on the platform by mid-2025.

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Canonical: https://huggingface.co/blog/huggingface/one-year-since-the-deepseek-moment-blog-3