DeepSeek: The Chinese AI Disruptor That Has the World Talking

A new AI revolution is shaking up the tech industry, and this time, it’s not coming from Silicon Valley. Chinese startup DeepSeek has stunned global investors and AI experts alike with its powerful, low-cost AI models. Within days of its latest release, DeepSeek’s chatbot climbed to the top of Apple’s App Store, surpassing even OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

DeepSeek’s rise is not just another AI breakthrough — it’s a geopolitical and economic shockwave that has caused Nvidia’s stock to crash by nearly $600 billion and raised pressing questions about China’s ability to outpace the West in AI development.

Why Is DeepSeek Buzzing Overnight?

DeepSeek’s meteoric rise is attributed to its cutting-edge AI capabilities at a fraction of the cost of its Western counterparts. Unlike OpenAI and Google, which rely heavily on expensive, high-performance chips, DeepSeek has leveraged a mix of advanced and low-cost hardware to build a model that rivals the best in the industry.

The AI model has gained global attention because:

It delivers performance on par with OpenAI’s o1 model but is 20 to 50 times cheaper.

It climbed to the No.1 spot on the App Store in the US, a rare feat for a Chinese app.