In this insightful discussion, guests Veronica Hylák, co-founder of MetaLinguist, AI innovator, Claudio Fantinuoli, CTO at CUDO, and Manuel Herranz, CEO of Pangeanic, delve into groundbreaking advancements in AI and localization. They cover China's emerging startup DeepSeek and its potential to rival OpenAI, highlighting its unique training methods and privacy concerns. The conversation also touches on the geopolitical dynamics of AI investments, ethical implications, and the shift towards self-hosted language models to enhance low-resource language translation.