Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm from China, focuses on developing advanced large language models. Founded in 2023 by High-Flyer's co-founder, the company has gained attention in the tech sector for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek claims to produce AI rivaling top competitors at significantly lower prices and computing power. This achievement is particularly remarkable given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.