Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm from China, focuses on developing open-source large language models. Founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the company has gained attention in the tech sector for its latest AI developments. Notably, DeepSeek claims to produce AI comparable to top competitors at a fraction of the cost and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly noteworthy given the US sanctions on China for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the competitive AI landscape.