When Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek rocketed to the top of the AI race over the weekend, it upended not just a ruthless corporate competition for tech supremacy but a geopolitical one. America was supposed to be the world leader on AI; suddenly, China had a credible claim.

DeepSeek’s latest models, created by a small company with limited resources, are already beating many of the leading AI models in the United States.

How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?

Liang Wenfeng, the 40-year-old founder of DeepSeek, trained as an engineer and then launched a hedge fund. Now he’s enjoying sudden success with his AI chatbot.

DeepSeek says its newest AI model is as good as those of its American rivals, was cheaper to build and it’s available for free. What does that mean for US AI supremacy?

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.

The sudden rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley grappling with how to keep the U.S. ahead in the crucial technology.

News from China upset U.S. markets Monday and disrupted the frenzy that had built up around artificial intelligence

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial-intelligence startup that’s just over a year old, has stirred awe and consternation in Silicon Valley after demonstrating AI models that offer comparable performance to the world’s best chatbots at seemingly a fraction of their development cost.