Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company based in Hangzhou, focuses on creating advanced large language models. Established recently by Liang Wenfeng, the company has made waves in the AI industry for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Impressively, DeepSeek claims to produce AI rivaling top competitors at a fraction of the cost and computing power. This achievement is particularly remarkable given the challenges faced for advanced AI chips, demonstrating DeepSeek's technological prowess in the global AI race.