Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company from China, specializes in developing advanced large language models. Founded in 2023 by High-Flyer's co-founder, the company has gained attention in the AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Impressively, DeepSeek claims to produce AI comparable to top competitors at significantly lower prices and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the US sanctions on China for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.