DeepSeek's AI models are providing a competitive boost to Chinese chipmakers like Huawei, optimizing inference tasks and partially closing the performance gap with U.S. counterparts. Despite these advances,

DeepSeek is generating unprecedented momentum for China's efforts to reduce its reliance on the ecosystem of Nvidia, as domestic chip developers rush to tailor their products for the artificial intelligence (AI) start-up's low-cost,

U.S. tech stocks tumbled after Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled a low-cost AI chatbot, sparking concerns about the sky-high valuations of tech giants like Nvidia and Microsoft. Patrick Moorhead, chief analyst at Moor Insights,