What is DeepSeek, the Chinese startup shaking up the global generative AI industry? January 29, 2025 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version The page for the DeepSeek app is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, on Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) BEIJING (Mainichi) -- DeepSeek スーパーコピーブランド時計  a Chinese startup founded in 2023, has rapidly emerged as a disruptive force in the global generative AI industry with its suddenly popular chatbot. But how did it rise to rival AI behemoths like OpenAI? The company, established by Guangdong province-born Liang Wenfeng, is headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province 偽物ブランド  a hub for major tech companies like Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. Liang, born in 1985, began utilizing AI algorithms for financial trading in 2008 while pursuing graduate studies in information and communication engineering. In 2015, he co-founded a hedge fund with a classmate, which later financed the creation of DeepSeek. In May 2024 ブランドバッグコピー  the company launched its low-cost generative AI model "V2," which caused a major stir in the industry. Domestic tech giants such as ByteDance Ltd., Alibaba ブランド激安コピー  Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Baidu Inc. were forced to lower the prices of their own AI models in response. In December 2024 ブランドスーパーコピー  DeepSeek introduced "V3," a model reportedly comparable to OpenAI's ChatGPT in performance but developed at a fraction of the cost. The following January, it released "R1," tailored for specialized fields like mathematics. The company's ability to consistently produce high-performance generative AI at groundbreaking low costs has astonished the market. The government of Chinese President Xi Jinping has designated AI as a "key development area" under its Digital China strategy announced in 2021. The global ChatGPT boom in 2023 spurred both established tech giants and startups to jump into the generative AI race, intensifying competition. Generative AI has also become a key arena in the U.S.-China tech rivalry. The administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden upheld strict restrictions on semiconductor export to China. But while praising DeepSeek's rapid rise, the online edition of China's Global Times state newspaper on Jan. 27 declared that Washington's strategic containment of China fundamentally disregards the complexities of economic globalization and the unique momentum of China's development. (Japanese original by Yusuke Matsukura, China General Bureau) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles US tech stocks tank as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI frenzy; Nvidia sinks nearly 17 DeepSeek's new AI chatbot and ChatGPT answer sensitive questions about China differently