Really just a few small steps from becoming the default approved model for US federal agencies though.
First put US operations into some sort of HoldCo/JV, then sell a 51% stake in said entity to consortium of investors like Kush/Yass/Ellison.. profit.
They could just enforce it with some handwavy 'national security' thing.
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I see the opposite—a few small steps from banning DeepSeek in the U.S. outright.
Could a Great Firewall of the U.S. be far behind?
I'll be pulling down models today…