Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm based in Hangzhou, specializes in creating advanced large language models. Established recently by Liang Wenfeng, the company has gained attention in the AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek claims to produce AI rivaling top competitors at a fraction of the cost and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly noteworthy given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the global AI race.