DeepSeek (深度求索/Shēndù Qiúsuǒ) is a Chinese artificial intelligenceAI is tech and marketing speak for a range of technology that imitates human intellect. Learn more → (AIAI is tech and marketing speak for a range of technology that imitates human intellect. Learn more →) company that caused a stir with the release of its DeepSeek-R1 model which it boasts is on par with OpenAI-o1. The release of the model challenges Silicon Valley’s assumed dominance of AIAI is tech and marketing speak for a range of technology that imitates human intellect. Learn more → as well as the cost to train a large language models (LLMs). This news saw US tech shares plummet.
The company develops a suite of open source LLMs. It’s current models are DeepSeek-V3 and R1. Both DeepSeek models are available through chat.deepseek.com, iOS and Android apps and an API.
The company’s full name is Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd. (杭州深度求索人工智能基础技术研究有限公司).