DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company based in Hangzhou, focuses on developing open-source large language models. Established recently by High-Flyer's co-founder, the company has made waves in the tech sector for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Impressively, DeepSeek has developed AI rivaling top competitors at a fraction of the cost and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the US sanctions on China for Nvidia processors, showcasing DeepSeek's technological prowess in the global AI race.