# What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.vastdata.com/t/what-is-deepseek-the-chinese-ai-startup-that-shook-the-tech-world/968 "2025-01-27T17:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonasrosland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/community.vastdata.com/jonasrosland/32/1_2.png) [@jonasrosland](https://community.vastdata.com/u/jonasrosland)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.vastdata.com/t/what-is-deepseek-the-chinese-ai-startup-that-shook-the-tech-world/968/1 "2025-01-27T17:56:14Z")

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This is a great primer on DeepSeek, if you’ve missed the news.

The company represents an interesting development in the global AI landscape, offering a principled and transparent approach to advanced AI model creation.  
What’s really cool about DeepSeek is their commitment to open-source development. They believe in democratizing AI to accelerate innovation worldwide.

DeepSeek’s success story is pretty unique. Instead of hiring experienced engineers, they tapped into fresh talent - mostly recent PhD graduates from China’s top universities. This high-investment, low-research approach seems to have paid off big time!

> **[What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world? | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-ai-explainer/index.html)**
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> DeepSeek R1, the surprisingly efficient and powerful Chinese AI model, has taken the technology industry by storm and is rattling nerves on Wall Street.

You can try it at

> **[DeepSeek AI | Leading AI Language Models & Solutions](https://deepseek.ai/deepseek-r1)**
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> DeepSeek AI is the leading provider of advanced AI language models and enterprise solutions. Experience state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology for your business needs.

Check out their (other?) website here  
[https://www.deepseek.com/](https://www.deepseek.com/)

And their GitHub and Hugging Space repos:

> **[DeepSeek](https://github.com/deepseek-ai)**
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> DeepSeek has 18 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

> **[deepseek-ai (DeepSeek)](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai)**
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> Org profile for DeepSeek on Hugging Face, the AI community building the future.

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**Author:** ![naiomiflore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/community.vastdata.com/naiomiflore/32/1115_2.png) [@naiomiflore](https://community.vastdata.com/u/naiomiflore)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.vastdata.com/t/what-is-deepseek-the-chinese-ai-startup-that-shook-the-tech-world/968/2 "2025-04-20T19:42:46Z")

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yes, I have heard the news of DeepSeek @jonasrosland