DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence firm from China, specializes in creating open-source large language models. Established recently by Liang Wenfeng, the company has made waves in the tech sector for its latest AI developments. Impressively, DeepSeek claims to produce AI rivaling leading models like GPT-4 at a fraction of the cost and computing power. This achievement is particularly noteworthy given the challenges faced for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the global AI race.