Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company from China, specializes in creating advanced large language models. Established recently by Liang Wenfeng, the company has made waves in the AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek has developed AI comparable to top competitors at a fraction of the cost and computing power. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the challenges faced for advanced AI chips, showcasing DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.