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Beijing AI bar loses money offering free DeepSeek tokens with drinks

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An AI-themed bar in Beijing's Zhongguancun tech hub is offering unlimited free DeepSeek coding tokens with the purchase of a $1.50 drink. The bar, named AGI Bar, is reportedly losing money due to this promotion, with approximately ten times more drinks given away than sold. The operation utilizes two Nvidia DGX Spark mini-PCs for local inference, showcasing high-end hardware despite the financial losses. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates a novel, albeit financially unsustainable, approach to AI token distribution and local inference.

RANK_REASON A business (bar) is using AI infrastructure (Nvidia DGX Spark) to offer a service (free DeepSeek tokens) as part of its product (drinks), leading to financial losses.

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Beijing AI bar loses money offering free DeepSeek tokens with drinks

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Luke James ·

    Beijing AI bar that offers unlimited free DeepSeek coding tokens with $1.50 drink haemorrhaging cash — 'the bar is completely losing money, ' owner admits

    An AI-themed bar in Beijing's Zhongguancun tech hub hands out free, unlimited DeepSeek tokens with its drinks, running inference locally on two Nvidia DGX Spark mini-PCs.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Beijing AI bar that offers unlimited free DeepSeek coding… An AI-themed bar in Beijing's Zhongguancun tech hub hands out free, unlimited DeepSeek tokens with it

    Beijing AI bar that offers unlimited free DeepSeek coding… An AI-themed bar in Beijing's Zhongguancun tech hub hands out free, unlimited DeepSeek tokens with its drinks, running inference locally on two Nvidia DGX Spark mini-PCs. https://www. tomshardware.com/tech-industry /artif…

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