DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm based in Hangzhou, specializes in creating open-source large language models. Established recently by High-Flyer's co-founder, the company has made waves in the AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek has developed AI comparable to top competitors at significantly lower prices and computing power. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the global AI race.