DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company from China, focuses on developing advanced large language models. Established recently by Liang Wenfeng, the company has made waves in the tech sector for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Impressively, DeepSeek has developed AI rivaling top competitors at significantly lower prices and computing power. This breakthrough is particularly noteworthy given the challenges faced for advanced AI chips, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.