Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm from China, focuses on creating advanced large language models. Founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the company has made waves in the tech sector for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek has developed AI rivaling leading models like GPT-4 at a fraction of the cost and computing power. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, showcasing DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.