#DeepSeekImpact

DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, an entrepreneur with a background in electronics and computer vision. The company has gained significant attention following the release of its AI model, DeepSeek-R1, on January 20, 2025. This model rivals the reasoning capabilities of OpenAI's most advanced models, but at a considerably lower operating cost. 

A distinctive feature of DeepSeek is its commitment to open source. The DeepSeek-R1 model is publicly available, allowing users and companies to modify it and integrate it into other tools. This transparency has been praised in the tech community and has contributed to its rapid adoption. Shortly after its release, DeepSeek's AI assistant app became the most downloaded free app on Apple's US App Store, surpassing ChatGPT.