Ramp data shows DeepSeek leading SaaS vendors by relative growth among US firms, even though its terms say personal data may be stored in China.
The risk is not whether DeepSeek is useful or cheap, but whether small companies understand what data they are sending across borders.
The broader signal is that AI is moving from demos into budgets, rules, security procedures and capital allocation.
Sources: Ramp; 9to5Mac; CNBC; CocoLoop, CocoLoop.