DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

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April 4, 2025, 6:04 PM

• •DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab that has developed a series of powerful AI models that are cheaper to run than comparable models from U.S. companies.
• •DeepSeek's success has led to questions about whether the U.S. can maintain its lead in the AI race and whether the demand for AI chips will sustain.
• •DeepSeek is backed by High-Flyer Capital Management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund that uses AI to inform its trading decisions.

DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab that has gone viral. Its chatbot app has risen to the top of the Apple App Store charts and Google Play. DeepSeek's AI models were trained using compute-efficient techniques, which has led Wall Street analysts and technologists to question whether the U.S. can maintain its lead in the AI race.

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