Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's model led to increased scrutiny on Microsoft's AI spending.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes that DeepSeek will inevitably help the American AI industry rather than hurt it. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella isn’t pressed about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s recent success.

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella had some kind words for DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that roiled his company’s shares earlier this week.

Just a few hours after David Sacks claimed DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own models, Bloomberg Law reports that Microsoft is investigating