DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm based in Hangzhou, specializes in developing open-source large language models. Founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the company has gained attention in the tech sector for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek has developed AI comparable to top competitors at significantly lower prices and resource requirements. This achievement is particularly noteworthy given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.