DeepSeek’s AI products have shaken up the American stock market and tech industry—but some experts are questioning how big of a threat the Chinese company really is.

The new AI assistant released by Chinese startup DeepSeek has rattled the U.S. technology sector after it reportedly developed a model on par with leading U.S. peers at a lower cost.

The app has surged in popularity since its launch in January, challenging the widely-held belief that America is the untouchable leader of the AI industry. It is powered by the open-source DeepSeek-V3 model,

A Chinese startup's efficient AI development method challenges the approaches of US giants like OpenAI, Meta, and Google.

Chinese startup DeepSeek has released a new open-sourced “low cost” artificial intelligence model R1, rivalling ChatGPT, earning both appreciations and concerns from tech experts in Silicon Valley.

AI industry in panic after China’s DeepSeek overtakes ChatGPT and Meta - DeepSeek-R1 marks ‘historic pivot in the balance of technological power’

Investors dumped technology stocks in premarket trading Monday, sending U.S. indexes sharply lower after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals the top versions from OpenAI and Google for a fraction of the cost.