Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm based in Hangzhou, specializes in creating open-source large language models. Founded in 2023 by High-Flyer's co-founder, the company has made waves in the AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Impressively, DeepSeek has developed AI rivaling leading models like GPT-4 at a fraction of the cost and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly noteworthy given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, showcasing DeepSeek's innovative approach in the competitive AI landscape.