Hangzhou 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 AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek has developed AI rivaling top competitors at significantly lower prices and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the global AI race.