DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, made headlines on Monday (Jan. 27) when its AI Assistant overtook ChatGPT to become the highest-rated free app on Apple's App Store in the United States.
Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators claim "tops the leaderboard among open-source models and rivals the most advanced closed-source models globally," the app has gained significant traction among U.S. users since its launch on Jan. 10, according to Sensor Tower.
This achievement underscores DeepSeek's growing influence in Silicon Valley, challenging long-held beliefs about U.S. dominance in AI and the effectiveness of Washington's export restrictions aimed at curbing China's advanced chip and AI capabilities.
Both DeepSeek and ChatGPT rely on advanced chips for training their AI models. DeepSeek researchers claimed last month that the DeepSeek-V3 was trained using Nvidia's H800 chips at a cost of less than $6 million.
Founded in 2023 in Hangzhou, DeepSeek is a relatively unknown company, especially compared to the many Chinese tech firms that have launched their own AI models since Baidu's first Chinese AI large-language model. Notably, DeepSeek is the first Chinese AI startup to receive acclaim from the U.S. tech industry for matching or even surpassing the performance of leading U.S. models.
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