TechCheck Takes: How DeepSeek supercharged AI’s distillation problem 2/25/25

Silicon Valley is reckoning with an AI development technique that could upend the leaderboard. Distillation is the idea that a small team can make an advanced AI model by extracting knowledge from a larger one. DeepSeek didn’t invent the method, but its use roiled the markets and woke the AI world up to its potential. It’s now enabling startups to compete at the cutting edge, and is deadly for the biggest AI players’ competitive edges. This video includes an interview with Glean CEO Arvind Jain.