side project

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Startup DeepSeek started life in 2023 as a side project of a data-driven hedge fund, but shook up the global AI scene with its "R1" model in January 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

When everything is bite-sized and cohesive, vegetables stop feeling like a side project and start feeling like the main event.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

The prolific Weir also released solo albums, played in the group Kingfish, and had another side project called Bobby & the Midnites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

It also released excellent records by non-Latin artists such as Talking Heads side project Tom Tom Club, and Japan’s iconic Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

From the other side project stout bamboo poles, to the outer ends of which is fastened a boat-shaped log of wood.

From Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various