Hangzhou DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company from China, focuses on creating advanced large language models. Founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the company has made waves in the tech sector for its DeepSeek-R1 model. Notably, DeepSeek claims to produce AI rivaling top competitors at a fraction of the cost and resource requirements. This breakthrough is particularly remarkable given the US sanctions on China for Nvidia processors, demonstrating DeepSeek's innovative approach in the competitive AI landscape.